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In a high school of 1250 students, 250 are freshmen and 150 students take Spanish. If being a freshman and taking Spanish are independent, what is the probability that a randomly selected Spanish student is a freshman?

A) 0.024
B) 0.120
C) 0.150
D) 0.200

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wrong the answer is b

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D. Because one fifth of students from the school are freshmen since 250/1250 = 1/5. Since taking Spanish doesn't depend on your grade level we can assume that one fifth of the students taking Spanish will be freshmen as well
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