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A class of 160 students contain 40 honor students, 60 athletes, and 80 who are neither athletes nor honor students. From the entire group a student is chosen at random. What is the probability that the student is an honor student given that he is an athlete

1/2
1/3
1/8

User Mohrn
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Answer:

Explanation:

let x represent students who are both honor students and athletes

60+80+40-x=160

180-x=160

x=189-160=20

The probability=20/160=⅛

User Josh Kovach
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Answer:

The correct answer is 1/3

Explanation:

A class of 160 students contain 40 honor students, 60 athletes, and 80 who are neither-example-1
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