Question

What is the probability (rounded to the nearest whole percent) that an adult will be a male given that he or she purchases a house? Are the events being male and buying a house independent?

Answer 1

The probability of an event is xpressed as

`Pr(event)=\frac{number\text{ of desired outcome}}{number\text{ of possible outcome}}`

Given:

The probability that an adult will be a male given that he or she willpurchase a house is thus given as