Men have a reputation for not wanting to ask for directions. a harris study conducted for lincoln mercury indicated that 42% of men and 61% of women would stop and ask for directions. the u. s. census bureau's 2012 population estimate was that for individuals 18 or over, 48.2% were men and 51.8% were women. this exercise addresses this age group. a randomly chosen driver gets lost on a road trip. determine the probability that the driver is a woman and stops to ask for directions.