(i) What is the probability that a consumer selected at random preferred brand A?  (ii) What is the probability that a consumer preferred brand A and was from Town N?  (iii) What is the probability that a consumer preferred brand A, given that he was from Town A?  (iv) Given that a consumer preferred brand A, what is the probability that he was from Town L?

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A market survey was conducted in four cities in Austria in order to find out the preference for brand A soup.

  Town A Town K Town N Town L
Yes 45 55 60 50
No 35 45 35 45
No Opinion 5 5 5 5

(i) What is the probability that a consumer selected at random preferred brand A? 

(ii) What is the probability that a consumer preferred brand A and was from Town N? 

(iii) What is the probability that a consumer preferred brand A, given that he was from Town A? 

(iv) Given that a consumer preferred brand A, what is the probability that he was from Town L? 

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