document.write( "Question 1068925: According to a government statistics department, 19.3% of women in a country aged 25 years or older have a Bachelor's Degree; 17.2% of women in the country aged 25 years or older have never married; among women in the country aged 25 years or older who have never married, 22.2% have a Bachelor's Degree; and among women in the country aged 25 years or older who have a Bachelor's Degree, 19.8% have never married. Complete parts (a) and (b) below.
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document.write( "(a) Are the events \"have a Bachelor's Degree\" and \"never married\" independent? Explain. \r
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document.write( "Suppose a woman in the country aged 25 years or older is randomly selected. What is the probability she has a Bachelor's Degree and has never married? Interpret this probability.
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Algebra.Com's Answer #684202 by trsomas23@gmail.com(17)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! a) B = having Bachelor's degree \n" ); document.write( "NM = never married \n" ); document.write( "p(B) = 19.3% = 0.193 \n" ); document.write( "p(NM) = 17.2% = 0.172 \n" ); document.write( "p(B and NM) = 22.2% of 17.2 = 3.82% = 0.0382 \n" ); document.write( "Also p(B and NM) = 19.8% of 19.3 = 3.82% = 0.0382 \n" ); document.write( "p(B) x p(NM) = 0.193 x 0.172 = 0.0332 \n" ); document.write( "p(B) x p(NM) is not equal to p(B and NM) \n" ); document.write( "Therefore the events \"have a Bachelor's Degree\" and \"never married\" not independent.\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "b) 0.0382 o \n" ); document.write( "It means there are 3.82% of women in the country aged 25 years or older who have a bachelor's degree and who are never married.\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Email: trsomas23@gmail.com \n" ); document.write( "Skype: sahay.avinash \n" ); document.write( " |