SOLUTION: Suppose that at any sitting of BUSI319, 35% of the students are first year; 30% are second year; 25% are final year and 10% are qualifying to enter various programs (assume mutuall

Question 1166444: Suppose that at any sitting of BUSI319, 35% of the students are first year; 30% are second year; 25% are final year and 10% are qualifying to enter various programs (assume mutually exclusive). From records of the Statistics department, it was found that 20% of the first year students get A; 30% of the second year students get A; 35% of the final year students get A; 25% of the qualifying students get A. What is the probability a randomly chosen student will get an A? Given that a student got an A, what is the probability the student was first year? Second year? Third year? Qualifying?
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Suppose that at any sitting of BUSI319, 35% of the students are first year; 30% are second year;
25% are final year and 10% are qualifying to enter various programs (assume mutually exclusive).
From records of the Statistics department, it was found that
20% of the first year students get A; 30% of the second year students get A;
35% of the final year students get A; 25% of the qualifying students get A.

(a)  What is the probability a randomly chosen student will get an A? 

         P = 0.35*0.2 + 0.3*0.3 + 0.25*0.35 + 0.1*0.25.



(b)  Given that a student got an A, what is the probability the student was first year? 

        P = .
     

(c)  Second year? 

        P = .



(d)  Third year? 

        P = .



(e)  Qualifying?

        P = .

Solved.     //   All questions are answered.

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