1 A random survey was taken at ARC on how many vegetarians a
1. A random survey was taken at ARC on how many vegetarians and “meat lovers” are
there based on the sex of the students. Below are the results. (Assume no one is a
vegetarian and a meat lover.)
female/males
Vegetarian 20 12
Meat Lover 30 40
a. One person is randomly selected from the survey. Find the probability that the person
is a meat lover.
Solution
a)
There are 20+12+30+40 = 102 people in the survey.
Among them, 30+40 = 70 are meat lovers.
Thus,
P(meat lover) = 70/102 = 0.68627451 [ANSWER]
