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Exercise 2

Avg difficulty 2.5

A professor gave a test to students in a science class and in a math class during the same week. The grades are summarized below.

ABCTotal
Science Class7181338
Math Class108927
Total17262265

If one student was chosen at random, find each probability:

  1. P(in the math class)

  2. P(earned a B)

  3. P(earned an A and was in the math class)

  4. P(earned a B given the student was in the science class)

  5. P(is in the math class given that the student earned a B)

Lee et al., Math in Society, Probability — Chapter 4 Review, Exercise 2

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