SOLUTION: Please help, At Italiano Express, 85% of the customers order pizza. It is also noticed that 55% of the customers order pizza and a salad. Find the probability that a customer will

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Question 548695: Please help, At Italiano Express, 85% of the customers order pizza. It is also noticed that 55% of the customers order pizza and a salad. Find the probability that a customer will order a salad given that they have ordered a pizza.
Answer by edjones(8007) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
.85 order pizza
.55 order both pizza and salad.
then .85-.55=.30 order only pizza.
.55/.85 = 11/17 the probability that a customer will order a salad given that they have ordered a pizza.
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Ed