SOLUTION: An experiment is conducted with 50 dogs. each dog is given a dish of dry dog food and a dish of fresh dog food at the same time. the food that is eaten first is considered the pref

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Question 207102: An experiment is conducted with 50 dogs. each dog is given a dish of dry dog food and a dish of fresh dog food at the same time. the food that is eaten first is considered the prefered food. The dogs are classified as small (under 20kg), medium (20 - 25 kg), and large (over 50 kg) the resulta are tabulated as follows:
prefered dry prefered fresh
small dogs 2 18
medium dogs 7 13
Large dogs 4 6
if one dog is selected at random, find the probability that this dog:
1. is large
2. 'prefers' fresh food
3. is small or 'prefers' dry food
4. is small and 'prefers' dry food
5. is small given it 'prefers' dry food
6. 'prefers' dry food given it is medium
Answer by rfer(16322) About Me  (Show Source):
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Refer to question 202298 for a very good explanation of this type of problem.