SOLUTION: A graduate course has seven male and three female students. The professor wants to select two students at random to help her conduct a research project.
-What is the probability
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Question 942444: A graduate course has seven male and three female students. The professor wants to select two students at random to help her conduct a research project.
-What is the probability that the second student chosen is a male given the first one chosen is a female? Answer by mathmate(429) (Show Source):
Solution:
Since the first one is a female, the first choice had been made.
We are left with 7 males and 2 females from whom to choose.
Probability of choosing a male is therefore 7 males out of the remaining 9 students, or
P(M)=
Answer: Probability of choosing a male is given the first one is a female
