document.write( "Question 1054178: A group of 150 randomly selected chief executive officers (CEO’s) were tested for personality type. The table below gives the results of this survey
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document.write( "Type A
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document.write( "Type B
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document.write( "Men
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document.write( "78
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document.write( "42
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document.write( "Women
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document.write( "19
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document.write( "11
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document.write( "If one CEO is selected at random from this group, find the probability that this CEO has type B personality and is a woman. \n" );
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Algebra.Com's Answer #669370 by Theo(13342)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! if you set up a table, you would get something like the following.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( " type A type B total\r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( " men 78 42 120\r\n" ); document.write( " women 19 11 30\r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( " total 97 53 150\r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( "\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "if you look at this table, you will see that there are 11 women with type B personality out of a total of 150 CEO's.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "the probability that, if you pick a CEO at random, you will get a woman with type B personality is therefore 11 / 150.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " |