SOLUTION: A poll was taken to determine the birthplace of a class of college students. Below is a chart of the results. What is the probability that a female student was born in

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Question 1040676: A poll was taken to determine the birthplace of a class of college students. Below is a chart of the results.
What is the probability that a female student was born in Orlando?
What is the probability that a male student was born in Miami?
What is the probability that a student was born in Jacksonville?
Gender Number of students Location of birth
Male 10 Jacksonville
Female 16 Jacksonville
Male 5 Orlando
Female 12 Orlando
Male 7 Miami
Female 9 Miami
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There is some ambiguity in your questions. For example, "What is the probability that a female student was born in Orlando?": Does that mean 'the probability that a student is born in Orlando given that the student is a female' (12 out of 37 females were born in Orlando) or does it mean 'the probability that the student is a female given that the student was born in Orlando' (12 out of 17 students born in Orlando are female), or does it mean 'the probability that a student is both female and born in Orlando' (12 out of 59 students are both female and born in Orlando). Tell your instructor/professor/teacher/guru/whatever to "Be Specific -- mathematics cannot afford the ambiguities of everyday conversational English (or any other language, for that matter).

John

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