At a certain school 25% of the students join a band, 25% play a sport and 20% both join the band and...
At a certain school 25% of the students join a band, 25% play a sport and 20% both join the band and play a sport. if a randomly selected student is a member of the band, what is the probablility that the student also plays a sport?
Answer/Solution
5)4/5
Steps/Work
This is the way to approach the question:
25% of the students join a band => 25% of the students either only join a band or both join a band and play sports
25% of the students play sports => 25% of the students either only play sports or both play sports and join a band
If a randomly selected student is a member of the band, then probability that the student also plays a sport = percentage of cases in which the student can do both/percentage of cases in which the student can just play sports or do both
=20%/25% = 4/5
The answer is therefore (E)
25% of the students join a band => 25% of the students either only join a band or both join a band and play sports
25% of the students play sports => 25% of the students either only play sports or both play sports and join a band
If a randomly selected student is a member of the band, then probability that the student also plays a sport = percentage of cases in which the student can do both/percentage of cases in which the student can just play sports or do both
=20%/25% = 4/5
The answer is therefore (E)