document.write( "Question 1048705: A poll was taken of 13,876 working adults aged 40-70 to determine their level of education. The participants were classified by sex and by level of education. The results are shown below.\r
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document.write( "Education Level Male Female Total
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document.write( "High School or Less 3689 3343 7032
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document.write( "Bachelor's Degree 2395 3282 5677
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document.write( "Master's Degree 530 519 1049
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document.write( "Ph.D. 66 52 118
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document.write( "Total 6680 7196 13,876\r
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document.write( "A person is selected at random. Compute the following probabilities.\r
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document.write( "(b) What is the probability that the selected person does not have a Master's degree, given that he is male?\r
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document.write( "(d) What is the probability that the selected person has a Ph.D., given that she is female? \n" );
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Algebra.Com's Answer #664293 by jorel555(1290)![]() ![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! b) Out of 6680 males, only 530 had Master's degrees. Which means that 6150 males DIDN'T have Masters. So 6150/6680= .92 probability\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "d)Of the 7196 females surveyed, only 52 had PhD's. So 52/7196= .00723 is the probability that a random female has a PhD ☺☺☺☺ \n" ); document.write( " |