Choose a student in grades 9 to 12 at random and ask if he or she is studying a language other than English. Here is the distribution of the students: Language Spanish French German All Others None Probability 0.22 0.1 0.03 0.03 0.62 (a) What is the probability that a randomly chosen student is, in fact, studying a language other than English? ANSWER 0.33 (b) What is the probability that a randomly chosen student is studying French, German, or Spanish? ANSWER 0.31 (c) What is the probability that a randomly chosen student is studying a language besides English, but not German? ANSWER 0.3

Choose a student in grades 9 to 12 at random and ask if he or she is studying a language other than English. Here is the distribution of the students: Language Spanish French German All Others None Probability 0.22 0.1 0.03 0.03 0.62 (a) What is the probability that a randomly chosen student is, in fact, studying a language other than English? ANSWER 0.33 (b) What is the probability that a randomly chosen student is studying French, German, or Spanish? ANSWER 0.31 (c) What is the probability that a randomly chosen student is studying a language besides English, but not German? ANSWER 0.3

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Choose a student in grades 9 to 12 at random and ask if he or she is studying a language other than English. Here is the distribution of the students:

Language Spanish French German All Others None

Probability 0.22 0.1 0.03 0.03 0.62

(a) What is the probability that a randomly chosen student is, in fact, studying a language other than English?

ANSWER

0.33

(b) What is the probability that a randomly chosen student is studying French, German, or Spanish?

ANSWER

0.31

ANSWER

0.3

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