document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=809210>Question 809210</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> 40% of the students at a particular university are male. 80% of the males and 40% of the<BR>\n" );
document.write( "females are studying engineering course. If one student is randomly selected from the<BR>\n" );
document.write( "students at this university, calculate the probability that the student is<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(a) female.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(b) studying engineering course.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(c) male given that they are studying engineering course.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(d) female given that they are not studying engineering course. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "a).6<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "b)<BR>\n" );
document.write( ".4*.8+.6*.4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "=.32+.24<BR>\n" );
document.write( "=.56<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "c).32/.56 = 4/7<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "d)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1-.56=.44 students not taking engineering.<BR>\n" );
document.write( ".6 females not taking engineering*.6 student body=.36<BR>\n" );
document.write( ".4*.2=.08 male not taking engineering.<BR>\n" );
document.write( ".36+.08=.44<BR>\n" );
document.write( ".36/.44=9/11<BR>\n" );
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