SOLUTION: Suppose that a college has 20,000 students, 8,500 of which are men. Randomly choose one student from the college. What is the probability that the student is a woman? Write your

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Question 844413: Suppose that a college has 20,000 students, 8,500 of which are men. Randomly choose one student from the college. What is the probability that the student is a woman? Write your answer as a decimal.
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There are 20,000 - 8,500 = 11,500 female students. The probability is 11,500/20,000 = 0.575