SOLUTION: A diner asked its customers, 'Did you cook dinner last night?' The results on the survey are shown in the table below: Male Female Cooked dinner 305 279 Did not cook dinne

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Question 1012312: A diner asked its customers, 'Did you cook dinner last night?' The results on the survey are shown in the table below:

Male Female
Cooked dinner 305 279
Did not cook dinner 152 459

What is the probability that one of the customers chosen from this survey was a female and cooked dinner?

Answer by Boreal(15235) About Me  (Show Source):
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===M====F====T
C==305=279===584
NC=152=459===611
T==457=738===1195. Notice that both vertically and horizontally add to the same number in the lower right corner, the number of people total
Female and Cooked is 279
279/1195=0.2335