Question

The two-way table below shows an intendant careers among an incoming class of first-year college students, divided by gender. If a male student is chosen at random, what is the probability that intends to be a research scientist.

a. 6.3%
b. 4.17%
c. 2.2%
d. 4.64%​

Answer 1

Explanation:

If one student is chosen from a pool of 2444 maie students, of which 102 are aspiring research scientists, the probability that the chosen student student is a future research scientist is

102/2444 = 4.17% (to the nearest hundredth percent)