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Exercise 8

Avg difficulty 2.5

A professor surveyed students in her morning and afternoon Math 105 class, and asked what their class standing was. The class standings are summarized below:

FreshmanSophomoreJuniorSenorTotal
Morning Class1257832
Afternoon Class5138228
Total1718151060

If one student was chosen at random:

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

  2. What is the probability they were a Freshman?

  3. What is the probability that they were a Senior and they were in the afternoon class?

  4. What is the probability that they were a Sophomore given they were in the morning class?

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

Lee et al., Math in Society, §4.1 Contingency Tables, Exercise 8

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