Of students in a large university, 25% study business (B), 35% study engineering (E), and 40% study medicine (M). Of those who study business, 50% are female. Of those who study engineering, 30% are female. Of those who study medicine, 60% are female. Let event F be the student is female. a. What is the probability that a randomly selected student is female? Show your calculations. b. What is the probability that a randomly selected student studies medicine, given that the student is female? Show your calculations. c. What is the probability that a randomly selected student is male, given that the student studies engineering? Show your calculations.

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Of students in a large university, 25% study business (B), 35% study engineering (E), and 40% study medicine (M). Of those who study business, 50% are female. Of those who study engineering, 30% are female. Of those who study medicine, 60% are female. Let event F be the student is female.


a. What is the probability that a randomly selected student is female? Show your calculations.
b. What is the probability that a randomly selected student studies medicine, given that the
student is female? Show your calculations.
c. What is the probability that a randomly selected student is male, given that the student
studies engineering? Show your calculations.

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P(B)=0.25P(E)=0.35P(M)=0.40P(F | B)=0.50P(F | M)=0.60P(F | E)=0.30

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