If you choose a degree recipient at random, what is the probability that the person you choose is a woman? What is the conditional probability that you choose a woman, given that the person chosen received a Bachelor's degree?

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Chapter8: Sequences, Series,and Probability
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  1. Here are the counts (in thousands) of earned degrees in some country in the 2001- 2002 academic year, classified by level and by the sex of the degree recipient:

 

Bachelor's

Master's

Professional

Doctorate

Total

Female

610

240

40

20

 

Male

510

180

50

30

Total

 

 

 

 

 

We draw a person at random from this population.

  • If you choose a degree recipient at random, what is the probability that the person you choose is a woman?
  • What is the conditional probability that you choose a woman, given that the person chosen received a Bachelor's degree?
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