Question

Approximately 15% of adult men in the U.S. are more than six feet tall. Therefore, if a man is selected at random, the probability that he is more than six feet tall is 0.15. Now assume that you learn that the selected man is a professional basketball player. With this extra information, the probability that the man is more than six feet tall becomes much greater than 0.15.

Please select the most appropriate answer:

A) True.
B) False.
C) Cannot be determined from the information provided.

Answer 1

The probability that a man is more than six feet tall does not necessarily become much greater than 0.15 if we learn that he is a professional basketball player.

Step-by-step explanation:

False. The probability that a man is more than six feet tall may indeed increase if we learn that the selected man is a professional basketball player, but it does not necessarily become much greater than 0.15. This is because the statement about the percentage of adult men in the U.S.

Who are more than six feet tall is a general statistic and does not specifically account for professional basketball players. Although professional basketball players are generally taller than the average population, not all professional basketball players are necessarily more than six feet tall.