An Insurance Company Has Collected the Following Data on the Gender

question 111

Multiple Choice

An insurance company has collected the following data on the gender and marital status of 400 customers. Suppose that a customer is selected at random. Is it more likely to be a single female or a single male? Determine the probabilities of each.

• A) P(single male) = 25/240, P(single female) = 50/160, therefore more likely to be a single male
• B) P(single male) = 25/400, P(single female) = 50/400, therefore more likely to be a single female.
• C) P(single male) = 290/400, P(single female) = 185/400, therefore more likely to be a single male
• D) P(single male) = P(single female) therefore equally likely

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