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Exercise 7

Avg difficulty 2.5

A professor gave a test to students in a morning class and the same test to the afternoon class. The grades are summarized below.

ABCTotal
Morning Class8181339
Afternoon Class1041226
Total18222565

If one student was chosen at random:

  1. What is the probability they were in the morning class?

  2. What is the probability they earned a C?

  3. What is the probability that they earned an A and they were in the afternoon class?

  4. What is the probability that they earned an A given they were in the morning class?

  5. What is the probability that they were in the morning class or they earned a B?

Lee et al., Math in Society, §4.1 Contingency Tables, Exercise 7

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