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  • Sep 15, 2008, 11:10 PM
    marley7
    Probability school of business
    A survey of undergraduate students in the School of Business at Northern University revealed the following regarding the gender and majors of the students:
    Major
    Gender Accounting Management Finance Total
    Male 100 150 50 300
    Female 100 50 50 200
    Total 200 200 100 500
    a. What is the probability of selecting a female student?
    b. What is the probability of selecting a finance or accounting major?
    c. What is the probability of selecting a female or an accounting major? Which rule of addition did you apply?
    d. Are gender and major independent? Why?
    e. What is the probability of selecting an accounting major, given that the person selected is a male?
    f. Suppose two students are selected randomly to attend a lunch with the president of the university. What is the probability that both of those selected are accounting majors?
  • Sep 16, 2008, 04:24 AM
    Unknown008
    Give your answers, and we'll see if you're on the right track. We are not supposed to do your homework.

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