SOLUTION: 2. Suppose 88% of all students in a university are local. Of the local students 10% study Engineering while 90% of the overseas students study Engineering. If a randomly selected s

Question 1164817: 2. Suppose 88% of all students in a university are local. Of the local students 10% study Engineering while 90% of the overseas students study Engineering. If a randomly selected student is studying Engineering what is the probability that he/she is an overseas student?
Answer by Boreal(15235) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
look at 1000
-------E yes--------E no-------Total
L-------88 ---------792-------880
O------108----------12---------120
Total---196---------804-------1000
the answer is 108/196=0.5510
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