70 percent of students in a university are in favor of the tuition fee increase. 2 out of every 3 female students are in favor of the tuition fee increase, while out of every 3 students who oppose the tuition fee increase, one is male. What percent of the university population surveyed are male and not in-favor of the tuition fee increase?

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70 percent of students in a university are in favor of the tuition fee increase.  2 out of every 3 female students are in favor of the tuition fee increase, while out of every 3 students who oppose the tuition fee increase, one is male.  What percent of the university population surveyed are male and not in-favor of the tuition fee increase?

anonymous · Answer

Im wondering... is this supposed to be tricky 0.o

lgbasallote · Answer

depends....are you tricked?

anonymous · Answer

well I don't know if I would say what I'm thinking it would be etoo obvious to be true :/ Sigh these questions always makes me wonder if you made it like that or if its just easy in general :/

lgbasallote · Answer

no idea....

anonymous · Answer

This is kinda a tricky question..

lgbasallote · Answer

nevermind....it seems it really is as simple as it looked....i just wondered why P(F | M) wasn't used in the solution

anonymous · Answer

THen would it be 10% i mean theres a 30% against and 1 out of 3 males is against it..? that seems very very basic math so I doubt its the answer

lgbasallote · Answer

the solution is not that simple though

lgbasallote · Answer

but yes 10%