Question

75 men and 55 women are enrolled in calculus. There are 50 business majors, 10 biology majors, 15 computer science majors, 55 mathematics majors. No person has a double major. if a single calculus student is chosen, find the following probabilities. find the probability the student is male.

Answer 1

The probability that a randomly chosen calculus student is male is 0.5769 (rounded to four decimal places).

Step-by-step explanation:

The question requires us to calculate the probability that a calculus student chosen at random is male. Given that there are 75 men and 55 women enrolled in calculus, the total number of students is the sum of men and women, which is 75 + 55 = 130. The probability that a student is male, P(M), is the number of men divided by the total number of students.

To calculate this, use the formula: P(M) = Number of men / Total number of students. Plugging in the numbers, we get: P(M) = 75 / 130. To get the actual probability, perform the division: P(M) = 0.5769 (rounded to four decimal places).