In a Random Sample of UTC Students 50% Indicated They

question 6

Short Answer

In a random sample of UTC students 50% indicated they are business majors, 40% engineering majors, and 10% other majors. Of the business majors, 60% were females; whereas, 30% of engineering majors were females. Finally, 20% of the other majors were female.
a.What percentage of students in this sample was female?
b.Given that a person is female, what is the probability that she is an engineering major?

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