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Sabiha is left-handed and prefers left-handed men. She is going to be introduced to Wilbur. Left-handers comprise about 10 percent of the population.
 
  She has been truthfully informed that Wilbur is either a left-handed Chinese psycholinguist or a left-handed used car salesman from the Midwestern region of the United States. If Sabiha makes good use of base rates, which of the following outcomes should she expect? a) Wilbur is a left-handed Chinese psycholinguist.
  b) Wilbur is a new car salesman from the Midwestern region of the United States.
  c) She has been misinformed about Wilbur's existence as a crude statistical prank.
  d) Wilbur is a used car salesman from the Midwestern region of the United States who also happens to be left-handed.
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