SOLUTION: An aquarium at a pet store contains 40 orange sword fish (22 female and 18 males) and 28 green swordfish (12 females and 16 males). You randomly net one of the fish: a. What is

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Question 445670: An aquarium at a pet store contains 40 orange sword fish (22 female and 18 males) and 28 green swordfish (12 females and 16 males). You randomly net one of the fish:
a. What is the probability that it is an orange swordfish?
b. What is the probability that it is a male fish?
c. What is the probability that it is an orange female swordfish?
d. What is the probability that it is a female or a green swordtail?
e. Are the events “male” and “female” mutually exclusive? Explain
f. Are the events “male” and “swordfish” mutually exclusive? Explain

Answer by stanbon(75887) About Me  (Show Source):
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An aquarium at a pet store contains 40 orange sword fish (22 female and 18 males) and 28 green swordfish (12 females and 16 males). You randomly net one of the fish:
a. What is the probability that it is an orange swordfish?
Ans: 40/68
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b. What is the probability that it is a male fish?
Ans: (18+16)/68 = 34/68
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c. What is the probability that it is an orange female swordfish?
Ans: 22/68
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d. What is the probability that it is a female or a green swordtail?
Ans 12/68
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e. Are the events “male” and “female” mutually exclusive? Explain
Yes; no fish can be both.
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f. Are the events “male” and “swordfish” mutually exclusive? Explain
No; there are fish that are male and swordfish ================================================
Cheers,
Stan H