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Chargalot University’s Graduate School of Business reports that 37% of its stude

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Question

Chargalot University’s Graduate School of Business reports that 37% of its students have an engineering background, and 24% have a social science background. In addition, the University’s annual report indicates that the students in its business school comprise 18% of the total graduate student population at Chargalot. Students cannot have both an engineering and a social science background. Some students have neither an engineering nor a social science background.

(a) What is the probability that a randomly chosen Chargalot University graduate student is a business school student with a social science background?

(b) What is the probability that a randomly chosen Chargalot University graduate student is neither a business school student with an engineering background nor a business school student with a social science background?

Explanation / Answer

a)

probability that a randomly chosen Chargalot University graduate student is a business school student with a social science background =0.18*0.24=0.0432

b)student is a business school student with either enginering or social science background

=0.18*(0.24+0.37)=0.1098

therefore probability that a randomly chosen Chargalot University graduate student is neither a business school student with an engineering background nor a business school student with a social science background

=1-P( business school student with either enginering or social science background)

=1-0.1098 =0.8902

(please revert)