document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1174964>Question 1174964</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The following table shows the distribution of the number of donations made by a class of students last month:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Number of donations made   1   2   3   4   5   6  <BR>\n" );
document.write( "Number of students        20   5   3   2   4   2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If a students is elected at random, find the probabilities of the following:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The student made more than 3 donations last month </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Answer:  2/9\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The given table is<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<tr><TD >x</TD><TD >1</TD><TD >2</TD><TD >3</TD><TD >4</TD><TD >5</TD><TD >6</TD></tr><tr><TD >y</TD><TD >20</TD><TD >5</TD><TD >3</TD><TD >2</TD><TD >4</TD><TD >2</TD></tr>\n" );
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document.write( "x = number of donations made<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y = number of students\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "We have 2+4+2 = 8 students who made more than 3 donations. We find this by adding the values of y that correspond to x = 4, x = 5, x = 6; all of these x values are greater than 3 (to indicate more than 3 donations were made).\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "There are 20+5+3+2+4+2 = 36 students total.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The probability of getting a student who made more than three donations is therefore: <BR>\n" );
document.write( "8/36 = (4*2)/(4*9) = 2/9 \r<BR>\n" );
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