Mark Zuckerberg, the founder of Facebook, announced that he will eat meat only from animals that he has killed himself (Vanity Fair, November 2011). Suppose 257 people were asked, "Does the idea of killing your own food appeal to you, or not?" The accompanying contingency table, cross-classified by gender, is produced from the 187 respondents. The probability that a respondent is male and feels that the idea of killing his own food is appealing is the closest to ________.
A) 0.19
B) 0.38
C) 0.41
D) 0.59

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Mark Zuckerberg, the founder of Facebook, announced that he will eat meat only from animals that he has killed himself (Vanity Fair, November 2011). Suppose 257 people were asked, "Does the idea of killing your own food appeal to you, or not?" The accompanying contingency table, cross-classified by gender, is produced from the 187 respondents.  The probability that a respondent is male and feels that the idea of killing his own food is appealing is the closest to ________.
A) 0.19 
B) 0.38 
C) 0.41 
D) 0.59

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The Answer of Mark Zuckerberg, the founder of Facebook, announced that he will eat meat only from animals that he has killed himself (Vanity Fair, November 2011). Suppose 257 people were asked, "Does the idea of killing your own food appeal to you, or not?" The accompanying contingency table, cross-classified by gender, is produced from the 187 respondents.  The probability that a respondent is male and feels that the idea of killing his own food is appealing is the closest to ________.
A) 0.19 
B) 0.38 
C) 0.41 
D) 0.59

Mark Zuckerberg, the Founder of Facebook, Announced That He Will