The chart gives data about municipal waste collected and recycled by type. use it to find the indicated probability. [Find P(recycled | glass).

again this is a chart:

paper aluminum glass plastic other
recycled: 26.5 1.1 3.0 0.7 13.7
not recycled: 51.3 1.7 10.7 19.3 78.7

choices are
about 21.9%
about 6.7%
about 78.1%
about 28.0%

Question

The chart gives data about municipal waste collected and recycled by type. use it to find the indicated probability. [Find P(recycled | glass).

again this is a chart:

paper aluminum glass plastic other
recycled: 26.5 1.1 3.0 0.7 13.7
not recycled: 51.3 1.7 10.7 19.3 78.7

choices are
about 21.9%
about 6.7%
about 78.1%
about 28.0%

amistre64 · Answer

how much of the glass is recycled?
how much glass is there altogether?

amistre64 · Answer

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amistre64 · Answer

the probability of A, given B  is the amount of A within B{$$\frac{n(A\cap B)}{n(B)}$$