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The table shows the results of a survey of students in two math classes.
Find P(more than 1 hour of TV | 6th period class). Round to the nearest thousandth. Be sure to show and explain your work.

Did You Watch More Than One Hour of TV Last Night?

Answer 1

0.6

Explanation:

In this question, the | symbol means "given", so we can phrase the question as "Find the probability that a student watches more than one hour of TV given that they are in the 6th period class"

Next, because there is a 100% chance that the student is in the 6th period class, we can disregard the results of the 3rd period class.

Given that the student is in the 6th period class, there are 15 total students (as 9+6=15 = the sum of the yes and no answers for 6th period) and 9 students that said yes. Therefore, there is a 9/15 = 3/5 = 0.6 probability that a student watches more than 1 hour of TV given that they are in the 6th period class