Consider the sample space of all people living in the United States, and within
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Question
Consider the sample space of all people living in the United States, and within that sample space, the following two events. AB=people who are college students=people who are conservative Suppose the following statements describe probabilities regarding these two events. Which of the statements describe conditional probabilities?
Select all that apply.
A) Three point six percent of people living in the United States are conservative college students.
B) Nine point four percent of conservatives are college students.
C)There is a 50.4% probability that a person is a college student or conservative.
D) Of people living in the United States, 15.6% are college students.
E) The probability is 23.1% that a college student is conservative. There is a 38.4% chance that a randomly chosen person is conservative.
Explanation / Answer
Correct options: B and E
EXPLANATION:
Given:
A = colloge student
B = conservative
Option (B) describes the conditional probability : P(A/B) = 0.9.4 %
Option (E) describes the conditional probability: P(B/A) = 23.1 %