Question

Josh believes the Spanish club students at his school have an unfair advantage in being assigned to the Spanish class they request. He asked 500 students at his school the following questions: "Are you in the Spanish club?" and "Did you get the Spanish class you requested?" The results are shown in the table below:

Answer 1

Help Josh determine if all students at his school have an equal opportunity to get the Spanish class they requested. Show your work, and explain your process for determining the fairness of the class assignment process.

Answer 2

Would I just have to divide those in the class/club by the total?

Answer 3

@Michele_Laino

Answer 4

@jigglypuff314

Answer 5

the spanish club contains 335 students, and the other club (not spanish) contains 165 students

Answer 6

tell me when I may continue

Answer 7

okay continue

Answer 8

now, the probability for students in the spanish club, to get the requested class, is:
265/335=...?

Answer 9

0.79

Answer 10

ok!

Answer 11

whereas the probability for students in the other club (not spanish) to get the requested class, is:
100/165=...?

Answer 12

0.60

Answer 13

ok!

Answer 14

since 0.79>0.60, what we can conclude?

Answer 15

the spanish club students do have a fair advantage of getting into the class?

Answer 16

yes!

Answer 17

Oh okay! simple enough haha

Answer 18

:)

Answer 19

thank you!

Answer 20

thank you!