Question

The biology faculty at a college consists of 8 professors, 11 asscociate professors , 12 assistant professors and 4 instructors. If one faculty members is randomly selected , find probability of choosing a professor or instructor. Round to nearest thousandth

Answer 1

0.343

Explanation:

First, find the different ways one can chose a professor or instructor. In this case, there are 8 professors and 4 instructors. So there are a total of 12 ways you can choose a professor or instructor.

Second, you want to find the different ways you can choose any member of the faculty. In this example, since you are only choosing one person, then you just find the total number of people in the faculty, which is 8 + 11 + 12 + 4 = 35.

Third, all you do is divide the different ways you can get a professor or instructor by the total different ways you can choose. So it's 12/35, or 0.343.