Michigan State University - Diagnostic Exam

5.14

  •   The results of a poll about how many movies people attended during the last month are listed in the table below. Based on these results, what is the probability that a randomly chosen male from this group attended fewer than two movies during the last month?





     
    Attended less than 2 movies in the last month
    Attended 2 or more movies in the last month
     




    Male 65 35 100




    Female 55 70 125








    Total 120 105 225





    a) -65-
225  b) 100-
225  c) 120-
225  d) 65--
120  e) -65-
100

Solution:

P(<2movies |M ) = -65-
               100

Diagnostic:

If you miss this question please review conditional probability.


July 15, 2008