A local high school has both male and female students. Each student either plays a sport or doesn't. The two-way table summarizes a random sample of 70 students.   Female Male No sport 10 7 Sport 32 21 Let no sport be the event that a randomly chosen student (from the table) does not play a sport. Let male be the event that a randomly chosen student (from the table) is male. Find the following probabilities. Write your answers as decimals. (a) P(male) = (b) P(no sport and male =) (c) P(no sport | male = )

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Section11.8: Probabilities Of Disjoint And Overlapping Events
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A local high school has both male and female students.
Each student either plays a sport or doesn't.
The two-way table summarizes a random sample of 70 students.

  Female Male
No sport
10
7
Sport
32
21

Let no sport be the event that a randomly chosen student (from the table) does not play a sport.

Let male be the event that a randomly chosen student (from the table) is male.

Find the following probabilities. Write your answers as decimals.

(a)
P(male) =
(b)
P(no sport and male =)
(c)
P(no sport | male = )
 
 
 
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