During winter, red foxes hunt small rodents by jumping into thick snow cover, without any visual clue. Researchers examined the compass direction of hundreds of such jumps. They found that 73% of jumps in the northeast direction were successful, compared with 60% of jumps in the southwest direction and only 18% of jumps in all other directions.
The value 73%, or 0.73, corresponds to which of the following probabilities?

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The value 0.73 represents the probability of a successful jump given that the direction of the jump was northeast. This is because the researchers examined the compass direction of jumps and found that 73% of jumps in the northeast direction were successful, so the probability of a successful jump given that the direction was northeast is 0.73.

During Winter, Red Foxes Hunt Small Rodents by Jumping into Thick