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The probability of a randomly selected employee of a company being male is 60%. The probability of the employee being less than 30 years is 70%. If the probability of the employee being less than 30 years old given that the employee is a male is 40%, what is the probability that th

employee is a male, given that the employee is less than 30 years old?

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Answer:

0.34

Explanation:

User Tushar Maru
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Answer:

34%

Explanation:

Conditional probability is:

P(A given B) = P(A and B) / P(B)

P(<30 given male) = P(<30 and male) / P(male)

0.40 = P(<30 and male) / 0.60

P(<30 and male) = 0.24

P(male given <30) = P(male and <30) / P(<30)

P(male given <30) = 0.24 / 0.70

P(male given <30) ≈ 0.34

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