Question

A survey is taken in Ms. Smith’s math class of the students’ favorite foods. Out of the male students, 2 prefer pizza, 5 prefer steak, and 7 prefer chicken. Out of the female students, 10 prefer pizza, 1 prefers steak, and 5 prefer chicken. Construct a data table for this data. If you randomly select a student whose favorite food is pizza, what is the probability that the student you select is female?

Answer 1

Here is the data table;

b. If you randomly selected a student whose favorite food is pizza, the probability that the student you selected is female is;

`(10)/(12)=(5)/(6)`

Thus, the final answer is;

`(5)/(6)`