The table describes (approximately) the distribution of students by gender and college at a mid-sized public university in the West. Suppose that we will randómly séléct ohe student frofm this university. College Liberal Science Gender Education Engineering Agriculture Business Architecture Arts and Math Male 300 3,400 2,200 1,400 2,200 2,000 100 Female 400 1,400 1,200 1,400 1,000 2,000 200 (a) What is the probability that the selected student is a male? (Round your answer to three decimal places.) (b) What is the probability that the selected student is in the College of Agriculture? (Round your answer to three decimal places.) (c) What is the probability that the selected student is a male in the College of Agriculture? (Round your answer to three decimal places.) (d) What is the probability that the selected student is a male who is not from the College of Agriçulture? (Round your answer to three decimal places.)

The table describes (approximately) the distribution of students by gender and college at a mid-sized public university in the West. Suppose that we will randómly séléct ohe student frofm this university. College Liberal Science Gender Education Engineering Agriculture Business Architecture Arts and Math Male 300 3,400 2,200 1,400 2,200 2,000 100 Female 400 1,400 1,200 1,400 1,000 2,000 200 (a) What is the probability that the selected student is a male? (Round your answer to three decimal places.) (b) What is the probability that the selected student is in the College of Agriculture? (Round your answer to three decimal places.) (c) What is the probability that the selected student is a male in the College of Agriculture? (Round your answer to three decimal places.) (d) What is the probability that the selected student is a male who is not from the College of Agriçulture? (Round your answer to three decimal places.)

MATLAB: An Introduction with Applications

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Author:Amos Gilat

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