SOLUTION: If 20 women and 20 men in his statistics course and one class individual is randomly selected.
1) What is the probability that the individual is a woman?
2) What are
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1) What is the probability that the individual is a woman?
2) What are
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Question 581483: If 20 women and 20 men in his statistics course and one class individual is randomly selected.
1) What is the probability that the individual is a woman?
2) What are the odds of the individual selected is a woman?
3) What are the odds of the individual selected against being a woman?
You can put this solution on YOUR website! If 20 women and 20 men in his statistics course and one class individual is randomly selected.
1) What is the probability that the individual is a woman?::20/40 = 1/2
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2) What are the odds of the individual selected is a woman?
odds for = P(for)/P(against) = (1/2)/(1/2) = 1:1
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3) What are the odds of the individual selected against being a woman?
odds against = p(against)/P(for) = (1/2)/(1/2) = 1:1
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Stan H.
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