SOLUTION: 66. A survey of undergraduate students in the School of Business at Northern University revealed the following regarding the gender and majors of the students:
Major
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Question 134148: 66. A survey of undergraduate students in the School of Business at Northern University revealed the following regarding the gender and majors of the students:
Major
Gender
Accounting
Management
Finance
Total
Male
100
150
50
300
Female
100
50
50
200
Total
200
200
100
500
a. What is the probability of selecting a female student?
b. What is the probability of selecting a finance or accounting major?
c. What is the probability of selecting a female or an accounting major? Which rule of addition did you apply?
d. Are gender and major independent? Why?
e. What is the probability of selecting an accounting major, given that the person selected is a male?
f. Suppose two students are selected randomly to attend a lunch with the president of the university. What is the probability that both of those selected are accounting majors?
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if the data was displaned in rows and columns and
not just in columns.
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Stan H.
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