document.write( "Question 1061752: Hello. \r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "I have shown the steps and is asking if my answer is correct?.\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "A poll was taken of 10,439 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
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Education Level Male Female Total
\n" ); document.write( "High School or Less 2023 3264 5287
\n" ); document.write( "Bachelor's Degree 2225 2113 4338
\n" ); document.write( "Master's Degree 416 305 721
\n" ); document.write( "Ph.D. 45 48 93
\n" ); document.write( "Total 4709 5730 10,439\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "A person is selected at random. Compute the following probabilities.\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "(b) What is the probability that the selected person does not have a Master s degree, given that he is male?
\n" ); document.write( "P( Not a master degrees | He is male) = P( male and master degrees) / P( male)
\n" ); document.write( "P( Not a master degrees | He is male) =(416/10439) / ( 4709/ 10439) = 416/4709
\n" ); document.write( "===== answer (b)
\n" ); document.write( "P( Not a master degrees | He is male) = (416/4709) = approx. 0.088341474
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\n" ); document.write( "Hello. \r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "I have shown the steps and is asking if my answer is correct?.\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "A poll was taken of 10,439 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
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Education Level Male Female Total
\n" ); document.write( "High School or Less 2023 3264 5287
\n" ); document.write( "Bachelor's Degree 2225 2113 4338
\n" ); document.write( "Master's Degree 416 305 721
\n" ); document.write( "Ph.D. 45 48 93
\n" ); document.write( "Total 4709 5730 10,439\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "A person is selected at random. Compute the following probabilities.\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "(b) What is the probability that the selected person does not have a Master s degree, given that he is male?
\n" ); document.write( "P( Not a master degrees | He is male) = P( male and master degrees) / P( male)
\n" ); document.write( "P( Not a master degrees | He is male) =(416/10439) / ( 4709/ 10439) = 416/4709
\n" ); document.write( "===== answer (b)
\n" ); document.write( "P( Not a master degrees | He is male) = (416/4709) = approx. 0.088341474
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document.write( "Education Level	        Male	 Female	   Total\r\n" );
document.write( "High School or Less	2,023	 3,264	   5,287\r\n" );
document.write( "Bachelor's Degree	        2,225	 2,113	   4,338\r\n" );
document.write( "Master's Degree	           416	   305	      721\r\n" );
document.write( "Ph.D.	                             45            48               93\r\n" );
document.write( "Total	                        4,709       5,730	 10,439 \r\n" );
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I think you did a fantastic job, but for the fact that you calculated the  
\n" ); document.write( "Therefore, it should be: , OR You can just SUBTRACT the probability you got from 1. \n" ); document.write( "
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