Question: Race and ethnicity The Census Bureau allows each person to choose from a long list of races. That is, in the eyes of the Census Bureau, you belong to whatever race you say you belong to. Hispanic (also called Latino) is a separate category. Hispanics may be of any race. If we choose a resident of the United States at random, the Census Bureau gives these probabilities:
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(a) Verify that this is a legitimate assignment of probabilities.
(b) What is the probability that a randomly chosen American is Hispanic?
(c) Non-Hispanic whites are the historical majority in the United States. What is the probability that a randomly chosen American is not a member of this group?
(d) Explain why P(white or Hispanic) ≠ P(white) + P(Hispanic). Then find P(white or Hispanic).