Question

The male and female guests attending Patricia's party were surveyed to see if they drove to the party or did not drive. The data is displayed in the table below: MaleFemale 26 24 drove to the party 34 116 did not drive to the partyIf a guest is chosen at random from this group, what are the chances of choosing a guest who is male and did not drive to the party? 12%13%17%58%

Answer 1

The given table is

Male Female Total

Drive 26 24 50

Did not drive 34 116 150

Total 60 140 200

From the table, total number of males and females = 200

number of guests that are males and did not drive = 34

Recall, Probability is expressed as

number of favorable outcomes/number of total outcomes

Therefore, the chances of choosing a guest who is male and did not drive to the party is

34/200 = 0.17

By converting to percentage, it is

0.17 x 100 = 17%