Question 1193632: The number of male and female students in section A whose favorite milk tea flavor is either chocolate or cookies and cream is shown below:
Chocolate:
Male: 8
Female: 12
Total: 20
Cookies and Cream:
Male: 10
Female: 10
Total: 20
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Total of all male: 18
Total of all female: 22
Total of all students: 40
Questions:
1. What is the probability that a student is a male whose favorite flavor is chocolate or a female student whose favorite flavor is cookies and cream? Show the solution.
2. Find the probability that you choose a student who is male and his favorite flavor is cookies and cream then choose another student who is female and her favorite flavor is chocolate. Show the solution.
Answer by ikleyn(52887)   (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! .
In this post, I will answer first question, ONLY.
By the way, this question is posed INCORRECTLY in the post.
The correct formulation is THIS :
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| What is the probability that  student |
| of the class is a male whose favorite flavor is chocolate or a female |
| student whose favorite flavor is cookies and cream? |
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My addition is in red color, and I will solve the problem with this  formulation
(without the correction, the question MAKES no SENSE).
SOLUTION
The solution assumes that YOU (not a tutor) make an appropriate Table, adequate to the given description.
Having this Table, the solution is very easy:
You then should select THREE numbers from the Table:
(a) X = the number of males in the category "chocolate".
(b) Y = the number of females in the category "cookies and cream".
(c) T = total students in A class.
As soon as you correctly determine these numbers, the sough probability is the ratio
P =  .
You even can solve the problem without making a Table (I don't know what your teacher requires from you as a solution).
Simply extract the needed info (a), (b) and (c) from the given text as I described above, and proceed further as instructed.
Keep in mind that    : it is not my task or my duty or my intention.
My task is to instruct / (to explain) you what  should do.
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By the way, do not place/pack more than one question in your posts:
it is not in your interests and it is AGAINST of your interests - - - if you want to obtain full, clear and timely solutions in response.
Also, did your mother or other relatives teach you to thank those who help you ?
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