In a certain mid-size city, 90% of the high school graduates are from public schools and the other 10% are from private schools. Of the private school grads, 80% go on to complete college, but only 50% of the public school grads complete college. A. What is the probability that a high school graduate from this city will complete college?

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lyssanicoleee · Answer

B. What is the probability that a person from this city who completes college is a graduate of a private high school?

kropot72 · Answer

Let A be the event 'public school graduate completes college'.
P(A) = 0.9 * 0.5
Let B be the event 'private school graduate completes college'.
P(A) = 0.1 * 0.8
Let C be the event 'high school graduate from that city will complete college'.
P(C) = P(A) + P(B)
@lyssanicoleee Can you now finish this?