A university cafeteria surveyed its customers for their coffee preferences.  The findings are summarized as follows:    Do Not Drink Coffee Prefer Regular Coffee Prefer Decaffeinated Coffee   Total Female 23 145 69 237 Male 18 196 46 260 Total 41 341 115 497 A student is selected at random from this group.  Find the probability that: (a)  the student does not drink coffee. (b)  the student is male. (c)  the student is a female who prefers regular coffee. (d)  the student prefers decaffeinated coffee, given that the student is male.

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A university cafeteria surveyed its customers for their coffee preferences.  The findings are summarized as follows: 

 

Do Not Drink

Coffee

Prefer Regular

Coffee

Prefer Decaffeinated

Coffee

 

Total

Female

23

145

69

237

Male

18

196

46

260

Total

41

341

115

497

A student is selected at random from this group.  Find the probability that:

(a)  the student does not drink coffee.

(b)  the student is male.

(c)  the student is a female who prefers regular coffee.

(d)  the student prefers decaffeinated coffee, given that the student is male.

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((a). Probability that the student does not drink coffee= n(does not drink coffee)/N

= 41/497 = 0.0825

 

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