document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=942444>Question 942444</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A graduate course has seven male and three female students. The professor wants to select two students at random to help her conduct a research project.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "-What is the probability that the second student chosen is a male given the first one chosen is a female? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Given:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "7 male and 3 female students<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Choose 2 students given the first one is female.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Solution:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Since the first one is a female, the first choice had been made.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "We are left with 7 males and 2 females from whom to choose.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Probability of choosing a male is therefore 7 males out of the remaining 9 students, or <BR>\n" );
document.write( "P(M)=<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=7%2F9 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"7%2F9\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Answer: Probability of choosing a male is <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=7%2F9 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"7%2F9\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > given the first one is a female </SPAN>\n" );
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