In: Statistics and Probability
IAQ 6 USING THE TABLE IN IAQ 5, THE NAMES OF ALL OF THESE PEOPLE ARE PLACED IN A BOX, THEY ARE THORUGHLY MIXED; THEN ONE NAME IS PULLED FROM THE BOX AT RANDOM; ; FIND THE PROBABILITY THAT THE PERSON WAS FEMALE GIVEN THAT THEY WERE IN GROUP B |
3 PLACE DECIMAL |
Male | Female | child | TOTAL | |
A | 4 | 3 | 9 | 16 |
B | 3 | 541 | 2 | 546 |
C | 5 | 1 | 541 | 547 |
D | 9 | 6 | 4 | 19 |
E | 7 | 9 | 10 | 26 |
TOTAL | 28 | 560 | 566 | 1154 |
The Probability that the person was a female given that they were in group B is
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Note:
For the displayed values we did the problem as it is. If the number printed there is not correct; no issue with that numbers. Because the procedure is same whatever the numbers be.