A large corporation organized a ballot for all its workers on a new bonus plan. It was found that 65% of all night-shift workers favored the plan and that 40% of all female workers favored the plan. Also, 50% of all employees are night-shift workers and 30% of all employees are women. Finally, 20% of all night-shift workers are women.a. What is the probability that a randomly chosen employee is a woman in favor of the plan?b. What is the probability that a randomly chosen employee is either a woman or a night-shift worker (or both)?c. Is employee gender independent of whether the night shift is worked?d. What is the probability that a female employee is a night-shift worker?e. If 50% of all male employees favor the plan, what is the probability that a randomly chosen employee both does not work the night shift and does not favor the plan?
A large corporation organized a ballot for all its workers on a new bonus plan. It was found that 65% of all night-shift workers favored the plan and that 40% of all female workers favored the plan. Also, 50% of all employees are night-shift workers and 30% of all employees are women. Finally, 20% of all night-shift workers are women.
a. What is the
b. What is the probability that a randomly chosen employee is either a woman or a night-shift worker (or both)?
c. Is employee gender independent of whether the night shift is worked?
d. What is the probability that a female employee is a night-shift worker?
e. If 50% of all male employees favor the plan, what is the probability that a randomly chosen employee both does not work the night shift and does not favor the plan?
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