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document.write( "Of 300 male and 300 female employees at the Flagstaff Mall, 180 of the men and 220 of the women are on flex-time (flexible working hours). Given that an employee selected at random from this group is on flex-time, what is the probability that the employee is a woman? \n" );
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Algebra.Com's Answer #509914 by stanbon(75887) ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! Hi there, I really appreciate your help! \n" ); document.write( "Of 300 male and 300 female employees at the Flagstaff Mall, 180 of the men and 220 of the women are on flex-time (flexible working hours). \n" ); document.write( "------- \n" ); document.write( "Given that an employee selected at random from this group is on flex-time, what is the probability that the employee is a woman? \n" ); document.write( "-------- \n" ); document.write( "P(woman | flex time) = P(woman AND flextime)/P(flextime) \n" ); document.write( "---- \n" ); document.write( "= [P(flex |woman)*P(woman)]/P(flextime) \n" ); document.write( "------------ \n" ); document.write( "= [(220/300)*(0.5)]/(400/600) = 0.55 \n" ); document.write( "============================================== \n" ); document.write( "Cheers, \n" ); document.write( "Stan H. \n" ); document.write( "============================= \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " |