Employees of a local college have been classified according to gender and job type.    Gender Job Male (M) Female (F) Faculty Member (FA) 25 15 Salaried Staff (SS) 20 30 Hourly Staff (HS) 35 15 Calculate the following: If an employee is selected at random, what is the probability that the employee is a member of the faculty? If an employee is selected at random, what is the probability that the employee is a member of the hourly staff, given that the employee is female?

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Employees of a local college have been classified according to gender and job type. 

 

Gender

Job

Male (M)

Female (F)

Faculty Member (FA)

25

15

Salaried Staff (SS)

20

30

Hourly Staff (HS)

35

15

Calculate the following:

  1. If an employee is selected at random, what is the probability that the employee is a member of the faculty?
  2. If an employee is selected at random, what is the probability that the employee is a member of the hourly staff, given that the employee is female?
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