A First Course in Probability (10th Edition)
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Shelly believes the honor roll students at her school have an unfair advantage in being assigned to the math class they request. She asked 500 students at her school the following questions: "Are you on the honor roll?" and "Did you get the math class you requested?" The results are shown in the table below:
Honor roll | Not on honor roll | Total | |
---|---|---|---|
Received math class requested | 125 | 215 | 340 |
Did not get math class requested | 80 | 80 | 160 |
Total | 205 | 295 | 500 |
Help Shelly determine if all students at her school have an equal opportunity to get into the math class they requested. Show your work, and explain your process for determining the fairness of the class assignment process.
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