The table below shows the number of male and female students enrolled at Fictitious College during a recent semester.   Nursing Majors Non-nursing majors Males 781 787 Females 596 551   What is the probability that a student is a female, given that they are not a nursing major?  Answers should be decimals (not percentages) correct to three decimal places.

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The table below shows the number of male and female students enrolled at Fictitious College during a recent semester.

  Nursing Majors Non-nursing majors
Males 781 787
Females 596 551

 

What is the probability that a student is a female, given that they are not a nursing major?  Answers should be decimals (not percentages) correct to three decimal places.

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