About 13.5% of Americans are Spanish speakers. While about 94.4% Chileans are Spanish speakers. Supposing you put all Americans and Chileans in one room. You then pick a random person from that room, and that person turned out to be a Spanish speaker. Which of the following is more likely? The Spanish speaker is American The Spanish speaker is Chilean And why?

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About 13.5% of Americans are Spanish speakers. While about

94.4% Chileans are Spanish speakers. Supposing you put all Americans

and Chileans in one room. You then pick a random person from that

room, and that person turned out to be a Spanish speaker. Which of the

following is more likely?

The Spanish speaker is American

The Spanish speaker is Chilean

And why?

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