Question

19. Students at a certain school can enroll in one elective course: painting, theater, choir, or band. This two-way frequency

table gives the number of male and female students enrolled in each class.
Male Female Total
Painting 17 16 33
Theater 15
18
33
Choir 21 25 46
Band 28
25
53
Total 81
84
165
Determine the conditional relative frequency that a student in the sample is enrolled in painting given that the student is
female.
O A. 19.0%
O B. 48.5%
O C. 9.7%
O D. 19.8%

Answer 1

19.0%

Explanation:

The probability that a student in the sample data is enrolled in painting Given that the student is female is a conditional probability and can be defined as :

Let,

F = Female ; P = painting

P(Painting Given female) = P(P|F) = (PnF) / F

From the table :

(PnF) = 16

F = 84

Hence,

P(P|F) = 16 / 84 = 0.19047 = 0.19047 * 100%

P(P|F) = 19.0%