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3.5 Exercise 16

Avg difficulty 2.5

The table shows a spread of what 100 random people like to eat. The columns represent the fruit that they like to eat, and the rows separate the individuals by men and women.

Grape Watermelon Apple Pomegranate Total
Men 12 18 20 10 60
Women 13 7 15 5 40
Total 25 25 35 15 100

Answer the following questions:

  1. What is the probability that a selected person likes pomegranate and is a man?
  2. What is the probability of selecting either a man or someone who likes apple?
  3. What is the probability of selecting a person who likes watermelon if we select from the group of women?

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