
A First Course in Probability (10th Edition)
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A survey of 8 students was taken regarding their favorite subject, food, and sport and the results are shown in the table to the right.If one of the 8 students is selected at random, determine the probability(and simplify as a fraction) that:
a. a student whose favorite sport is soccer and favorite subject is English is selected.
b. a student whose favorite sport is not basketball is selected.
c. a student whose favorite subject is physics, favorite food is steak,and favorite sport is baseball is selected.

Transcribed Image Text:Student Subject
Food
Sport
Baseball
Sandwiches Football
Aaron
Mathematics Pizza
Brittany Physics
English
Daphne Art
English
Physics
History
English
Cole
Pizza
Football
Steak
Basketball
Eric
Тасos
Soccer
Fred
Pizza
Baseball
Gwen
Salad
Soccer
Harriet
Pizza
Soccer
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