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document.write( "At Fictional University of Technology, 65% of incoming freshmen students are male and 35% are female. Recent records indicate that 80% of entering male students will graduate with a B.Sc. degree, while 85% the female students will obtain a B.Sc. degree. If an incoming freshman student is selected at random, find
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document.write( "a. P(student will graduate | students is female)
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document.write( "b. P(student will graduate and student is female)
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document.write( "d. If you answers in part “a” and “b” are the same, explain why. If they are different, explain why.\r
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Algebra.Com's Answer #383948 by stanbon(75887)![]() ![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! At Fictional University of Technology, 65% of incoming freshmen students are male and 35% are female. Recent records indicate that 80% of entering male students will graduate with a B.Sc. degree, while 85% the female students will obtain a B.Sc. degree. If an incoming freshman student is selected at random, find \n" ); document.write( "a. P(student will graduate | students is female) = 0.85 \n" ); document.write( "----------------------------- \n" ); document.write( "b. P(student will graduate AND student is female) \n" ); document.write( "= P(female)*P(grad|female) = 0.35*0.85 \n" ); document.write( "-------------------------------------------- \n" ); document.write( "c. P(student will graduate) = 0.8*0.65+0.85*0.35 \n" ); document.write( "------------------------------------------------------- \n" ); document.write( "d. If you answers in part “a” and “b” are the same, explain why. If they are different, explain why. \n" ); document.write( "I'll leave that to you. \n" ); document.write( "========================== \n" ); document.write( "Cheers, \n" ); document.write( "Stan H. \n" ); document.write( "========================== \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " |