document.write( "Question 1040676: A poll was taken to determine the birthplace of a class of college students. Below is a chart of the results.
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document.write( " What is the probability that a female student was born in Orlando?
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document.write( " What is the probability that a male student was born in Miami?
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document.write( " What is the probability that a student was born in Jacksonville?\r
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document.write( "Gender Number of students Location of birth
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document.write( "Male 10 Jacksonville
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document.write( "Female 16 Jacksonville
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document.write( "Male 5 Orlando
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document.write( "Female 12 Orlando
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document.write( "Male 7 Miami
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document.write( "Female 9 Miami
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Algebra.Com's Answer #655557 by solver91311(24713)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! \r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "There is some ambiguity in your questions. For example, \"What is the probability that a female student was born in Orlando?\": Does that mean 'the probability that a student is born in Orlando given that the student is a female' (12 out of 37 females were born in Orlando) or does it mean 'the probability that the student is a female given that the student was born in Orlando' (12 out of 17 students born in Orlando are female), or does it mean 'the probability that a student is both female and born in Orlando' (12 out of 59 students are both female and born in Orlando). Tell your instructor/professor/teacher/guru/whatever to \"Be Specific -- mathematics cannot afford the ambiguities of everyday conversational English (or any other language, for that matter).\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "John \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it \n" ); document.write( " ![]() \n" ); document.write( " |