SOLUTION: 65% of the students in a certain small college’s population are women. It is also noted at this college that women are twice as likely to take Poetry as men. In one semester 30% of
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Question 356147: 65% of the students in a certain small college’s population are women. It is also noted at this college that women are twice as likely to take Poetry as men. In one semester 30% of the college’s women take Poetry. If a randomly selected college student is in a Poetry class, what is the probability that this student is a female? Answer by edjones(8007) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! .65 F & .35 M Students
.30 F & .15 M take poetry
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.65*.30=.195 F taking poetry
.30*.15=.0525 M taking poetry
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.195+.0525=.2475 student body taking poetry.
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.195/.2475=.7879 probability student is female.
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Ed
