A research student is studying the employment situation and randomly selects one person and found that the person was unemployed (i) Calculate the probability that the person selected was male. (ii) Calculate the probability that the person selected was female

A research student is studying the employment situation and randomly selects one person and found that the person was unemployed (i) Calculate the probability that the person selected was male. (ii) Calculate the probability that the person selected was female

A First Course in Probability (10th Edition)

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Author:Sheldon Ross

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Chapter1: Combinatorial Analysis

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In a certain town, males and females are 50% of the population. It is known that 20% of the males and 5% of the females are unemployed. A research student is studying the employment situation and randomly selects one person and found that the person was unemployed

(i) Calculate the probability that the person selected was male.
(ii) Calculate the probability that the person selected was female

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