Question

Ohk @dan815 I need your help. I have an answer but i think its wrong. BUT ANYONE CAN STILL ADD TO THE HELP!!

Answer 1

50 men 50 women. 20 men prefer baseball 30 prefer football. 25 women prefer watching baseball and 25 prefer football. If you pick someone who prefers baseball, what is the probability that they are a man?

Answer 2

A. 1/5 B. 5/9 C. 1/4 D. 4/9

Answer 3

now the answer i got was 1.1111111 but idk if thats right or not

Answer 4

20+25=45
45/50=1.111111

Answer 5

A 2X2 contingency table can be prepared as shown below.

__________ MEN ___ WOMEN ___ TOTAL
Prefer
baseball ___ 20 _______ 25 _______ 45
Prefer
football ____ 30 _______ 25 _______ 55

TOTAL _____50 ______ 50 _______ 100

It is a case of conditional probability.
P( prefer football / woman) = P(women prefer football) / P(women)

Answer 6

well i mean 50/45

Answer 7

ohk let me try that really fast

Answer 8

Sure. :)

Answer 9

so its 25 right

Answer 10

im so confused

Answer 11

= (25/100) / (50/100)

Answer 12

Hold on. I dint something wrong.

Answer 13

did*

Answer 14

yea i was lost for a second on the 50/100

Answer 15

so men that prefer baseball.

45 total right?

Answer 16

25 men though

Answer 17

50 men ina ll and only 20 prefer baseball

Answer 18

in all*

Answer 19

20 over 100 right because there is 100 people.

Answer 20

yes

Answer 21

20/100 = ?

Answer 22

5

Answer 23

simple division. not 5 that would be 5/1 or 100/20

Answer 24

20/100 is what

Answer 25

Just reduce it.

Answer 26

but thats not an option 20/100 would be 0.2

Answer 27

or what as a fraction?

Answer 28

Reduce by 20

Answer 29

1/5

Answer 30

Divide 20 by 20 you get 1.

divide 100/20 you get 5
=
1/5

Answer 31

Correct!

Answer 32

thank you so much im sorry im slow sometimes

Answer 33

You're welcome.

Answer 34

1/5 was wrong @DW101796