Choose a student in grades 9 to 12 at random and ask if he or she is studying a language other than English. Here is the distribution of the students: Language Spanish French German All Others None Probability 0.25 0.07 0.03 0.04 0.61 (a) What is the probability that a randomly chosen student is, in fact, studying a language other than English? ANSWER 0.33 (b) What is the probability that a randomly chosen student is studying French, German, or Spanish? ANSWER 0.31 (c) What is the probability that a randomly chosen student is studying a language besides English, but not German? ANSWER 0.32

Choose a student in grades 9 to 12 at random and ask if he or she is studying a language other than English. Here is the distribution of the students: Language Spanish French German All Others None Probability 0.25 0.07 0.03 0.04 0.61 (a) What is the probability that a randomly chosen student is, in fact, studying a language other than English? ANSWER 0.33 (b) What is the probability that a randomly chosen student is studying French, German, or Spanish? ANSWER 0.31 (c) What is the probability that a randomly chosen student is studying a language besides English, but not German? ANSWER 0.32

Calculus For The Life Sciences

2nd Edition

ISBN:9780321964038

Author:GREENWELL, Raymond N., RITCHEY, Nathan P., Lial, Margaret L.

Publisher:GREENWELL, Raymond N., RITCHEY, Nathan P., Lial, Margaret L.

Chapter12: Probability

Section12.3: Conditional Probability; Independent Events; Bayes' Theorem

Problem 64E

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