Try the fastest way to create flashcards
Question

In a recreation center with 1,500 members, 200 are high school students. Of the members, 300 regularly swim. The 45 students of the high school swim team are all members and practice at the pool every week. What is the probability that a high school member selected at random is on the swim team?

Solution

Verified
Step 1
1 of 2

We need to find P(swim team  highschool)P(\text{swim team }|\text{ highschool}).

Use the formula for the conditional probability. For any two events AA and BB, with P(A)0P(A)\ne 0,

P(BA)=P(A and B)P(A)P(B\hspace{1mm}|\hspace{1mm}A)=\dfrac{P(A\text{ and }B)}{P(A)}

So, we write:

P(swim team  high school)=P(high school and swim team)P(high school)P(\text{swim team }|\text{ high school})=\dfrac{P(\text{high school}\text{ and }\text{swim team})}{P(\text{high school})}

From the given, P(high school)=2001500P(\text{high school})=\dfrac{200}{1500} and P(high school and swim team)=451500P(\text{high school}\text{ and }\text{swim team})=\dfrac{45}{1500} so:

P(swim team  high school)=4515002001500P(\text{swim team }|\text{ high school})=\dfrac{\dfrac{45}{1500}}{\dfrac{200}{1500}}

P(swim team  high school)=45200=940P(\text{swim team }|\text{ high school})=\dfrac{45}{200}=\color{#c34632}{\dfrac{9}{40}}

Create a free account to view solutions

Create a free account to view solutions

Recommended textbook solutions

Geometry 1st Edition by Carter, Cuevas, Cummins, Day, Malloy

Geometry

1st EditionISBN: 9780076639298 (1 more)Carter, Cuevas, Cummins, Day, Malloy
4,575 solutions
enVision Geometry 1st Edition by Al Cuoco

enVision Geometry

1st EditionISBN: 9780328931583 (3 more)Al Cuoco
2,702 solutions
Big Ideas Math Geometry: A Common Core Curriculum 1st Edition by Boswell, Larson

Big Ideas Math Geometry: A Common Core Curriculum

1st EditionISBN: 9781608408399 (1 more)Boswell, Larson
4,072 solutions
Big Ideas Math Geometry: A Common Core Curriculum 1st Edition by Ron Larson

Big Ideas Math Geometry: A Common Core Curriculum

1st EditionISBN: 9781642087611Ron Larson
4,072 solutions

More related questions

1/4

1/7