SOLUTION: How many people in a school of 1,000 are likely wearing a gray t shirt and blue jeans if there are 4 people wearing a gray shirt and 20 wearing blue jeans in a class of 35?

Question 1163835: How many people in a school of 1,000 are likely wearing a gray t shirt and blue jeans if there are 4 people wearing a gray shirt and 20 wearing blue jeans in a class of 35?

Found 2 solutions by solver91311, ikleyn:
Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Not enough information. You cannot assume independence between P(A), grey shirt and P(B) blue jeans, and you haven't either specified independence or provided P(A|B) or P(B|A).

John

My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it

Answer by ikleyn(52884) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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The meaning of this question is really dark.

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