At a baseball game, the probability that a fan brings a glove is 0.08. The probability that a fan is left-handed is 0.12. What is the probability that a randomly selected fan has a baseball glove and is left-handed? Round your answer to the nearest hundredth, if necessary.

A. 0.67 B. 0.04
C. 0.01 D. 0.20

Question

At a baseball game, the probability that a fan brings a glove is 0.08.  The probability that a fan is left-handed is 0.12.  What is the probability that a randomly selected fan has a baseball glove and is left-handed? Round your answer to the nearest hundredth, if necessary.


	A.	0.67		B.	0.04
	C.	0.01		D.	0.20

amistre64 · Answer

what are your thoughts?

chycora · Answer

maybe a

amistre64 · Answer

more to the point,  why do you think its A?  whats your process

chycora · Answer

idk if it's exactly a i just guessed but i gt something else see i mulitiplied 0.12* 0.8 and gt 0.096 u see and if i round that to the nearest hundredths it will be 0.1 so yea

chycora · Answer

do u see @amistre64 i'm so confused

amistre64 · Answer

.08 * .12 is an AND construction i agree

P(A|B) = P(AnB)/P(B)

P(B) * P(A|B) = P(AnB)

if A and B are independant, then P(A|B) = P(A)

amistre64 · Answer

are the events independant?

chycora · Answer

no i think

chycora · Answer

am i correct @amistre64

chycora · Answer

i think i kn the answer is it C

amistre64 · Answer

i dont kow what the right answer is, this is all we have for the information.

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