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  • Mar 2, 2009, 02:47 PM
    dayna985
    finding Probability
    The personnel roster for a large manufacturing company indicates that 25% of the employees have MBAs and 40% have undergraduate liberal arts degrees. In addition 55% have either an MBA or an undergraduate liberal arts degree. What is the probability that a randomly selected employee has both an MBA and an undergraduate liberal arts degree? What is the probability that a randomly selected person with an MBA has an undergraduate liberal arts degree?
  • Mar 2, 2009, 05:38 PM
    galactus
    Let B=bachelors degree and M=masters degree.

    Remember,

    You have 3 of the above criteria. For the first question, solve for

    For the second question, you need P(B|M)

    That is, prob. Of having a bachelors given they have a masters.



    Can you get that one?

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