Assume a System Engineering class has 27 students of which o

Assume a System Engineering class has 27 students, of which one third are female and two thirds are male. There were a total of 17 students (4 female and 13 male) that got the correct answer to the first problem in their 8th homework assignment. What is the probability that a male student got the correct answer?

Solution

total correct 17 srudents

4 female and 13 male

probability that male student correct answer = 13/27 = 0.481