Question 1043360: The table below shows the number of male and female students enrolled in nursing at a particular university for a recent semester.
(a) Find the probability that a randomly selected student is male, given that the student is a nursing major.
(b) Find the probability that a randomly selected student is a nursing major, given that the student is male.
Nursing Majors
Non-nursing majors
Total
Nursing Majors Non nursing majors Total
Males 98 1141 1239
Females 742 1672 2396
Total 822 2813 3635
Answer by Boreal(15235)   (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Males 98 1141 1239
Females 742 1672 2414 (notice the change--addition error in problem)
Total 840 2813 3653 (change here, too)
Given that a student is a nursing major (840), the probability the student is male is 98/840 or 0.117
Given that a student is male (1239) the probability the student is a nursing major is 98/1239 or 0.079
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