Only 20 of a Sample of 275 Students Say They

question 26

Multiple Choice

Only 20 of a sample of 275 students say they are vegetarians. Of these, nine eat both milk products and eggs (lacto-ovo vegetarians) , three eat eggs but not milk products, and eight eat neither (vegans.) If we choose one of those 275 students at random and the chosen student turns out to be a vegetarian, what is the probability that the chosen student eats neither milk products nor eggs?

• A) 8/275
• B) 20/275
• C) 8/20
• D) 0.5
• E) 1

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