Sixty Percent of the Student Body at UTC Is from the State

question 40

Short Answer

Sixty percent of the student body at UTC is from the state of Tennessee (T), 30% percent are from other states (O), and the remainder are international students (I). Twenty percent of students from Tennessee live in the dormitories, whereas, 50% of students from other states live in the dormitories. Finally, 80% of the international students live in the dormitories.
a.What percentage of UTC students live in the dormitories?
b.Given that a student lives in the dormitory, what is the probability that she/he is an international student?
c.Given that a student lives in the dormitory, what is the probability that she/he is from Tennessee?

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