The following (image) contingency table gives the cross-classification of shark attacks during the 1990’s by country and lethality of attack. For a randomly selected attack, find the probability that the attack a. was at Australia and non-fatal. b. was in Brazil or non-fatal. c. was not in South Africa.
The following (image) contingency table gives the cross-classification of shark attacks during the 1990’s by country and lethality of attack.
For a randomly selected attack, find the probability that the attack
a. was at Australia and non-fatal.
b. was in Brazil or non-fatal.
c. was not in South Africa.
d. What are the odds against the attack happening in South Africa?
e. Given that the attack was non-fatal, find the probability that it happened in U. S.
f. Are the
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Hi, I am stuck on the question below because the answer that I obtained for part c does not match the answer that I got in part d.
c. given that the attack happened in Brazil, what is the
Obtain the probability directly from the table.
d. given that the attack happened in Brazil, what is the probability that it was fatal? Find
the probability using the conditional probability rule and your answers from parts (a)
and (b).
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