Introductory Statistics 9th Edition

Published by Wiley
ISBN 10: 1-11905-571-7
ISBN 13: 978-1-11905-571-6

Chapter 4 - Section 4.4 - Intersection of Events and the Multiplication Rule - Exercises - Page 155: 4.55

Answer

P(man and vanilla) = $\frac{79}{700}$ = 0.1129 P(other and woman)=$\frac{148}{700}$ =0.2129 b. P(chocolate ∩ other ) = 0

Work Step by Step

b. P(chocolate | other) = 0 P(chocolate ∩ other ) = $P(chocolate | other) \times P(other)$ = 0 Because these two events are mutually exclusive, they could not happen at the same time.
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