A company is testing a new product.  The following table shows the result of a survey conducted about peoples’ opinions about the product.     Likes the product Doesn’t like the product No opinion Total Male 16 17 7 40 Female 24 13 3 40 Total 40 30 10 80   If a person from the survey was selected at random, find the probability that the person has an opinion about the product and is male.  Give your answer as a decimal, and round to 4 decimal places if rounding is necessary. Given that a person from the survey doesn’t like the product, find the probability the person is female.  Give your answer as a decimal, and round to 4 decimal places if rounding is necessary.

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A company is testing a new product.  The following table shows the result of a survey conducted about peoples’ opinions about the product.

 

 

Likes the product

Doesn’t like the product

No opinion

Total

Male

16

17

7

40

Female

24

13

3

40

Total

40

30

10

80

 

If a person from the survey was selected at random, find the probability that the person has an opinion about the product and is male.  Give your answer as a decimal, and round to 4 decimal places if rounding is necessary.

Given that a person from the survey doesn’t like the product, find the probability the person is female.  Give your answer as a decimal, and round to 4 decimal places if rounding is necessary.

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