Question 366176: College students were given the choice of pizza toppings and asked to choose one favorite. The table shows the results:
Toppings, Freshman, Sophmore, Junior, Senior, Totals
Cheese, 13, 15, 18, 27, 73
Meat, 19, 27, 15, 13, 74
Veggie, 15, 13, 19, 27, 74
Totals, 47, 55, 52, 67, 221
a. What is the probability that a randomly chosen student is a sophmore and their favorite topping is meat?
b. What is the probability that a randomly selected student is a freshman or selects cheese as their favorite topping?
c. What is the probability that the chosen student's favorite topping is veggie, given that they are a junior?
Answer by stanbon(75887)   (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! College students were given the choice of pizza toppings and asked to choose one favorite. The table shows the results:
Toppings, Freshman, Sophmore, Junior, Senior, Totals
Cheese, 13, 15, 18, 27, 73
Meat, 19, 27, 15, 13, 74
Veggie, 15, 13, 19, 27, 74
Totals, 47, 55, 52, 67, 221
a. What is the probability that a randomly chosen student is a sophmore and their favorite topping is meat?
Ans: 27/221
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b. What is the probability that a randomly selected student is a freshman or selects cheese as their favorite topping?
Ans: (47+73-13)/221
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c. What is the probability that the chosen student's favorite topping is veggie, given that they are a junior?
Ans: 19/52
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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