Question

The table shows the distribution of the labor force in the United States in the year 2000. Suppose that a worker is selected at random. Find the probability that the worker chosen works in the Industre field given that the employce is a female. Express your answer as a decimal, and round to the nearest thousandth

Answer 1

Answer: 0.18033

Explanation:

Add all the workers in the possible positions up, and divide that by the female industrial workers.

So in other words,
`(144333000)/(8004000)`, 144333000 being the sum of all 6 possible outcomes.

The quotient would equal 0.180326086957 or about one in 18, when you move the decimal place 2 to the left. So the rounded answer would be 0.18033

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