Men have a reputation for not wanting to ask for directions. A Harris study conducted for Lincoln Me

Question

Men have a reputation for not wanting to ask for directions. A Harris study conducted for Lincoln Mercury indicated that 42% of men and 61% of women would stop and ask for directions. The U.S. Census Bureau's 2012 population estimate was that for individuals 18 or over, 48.2% were men and 51.8% were women. This exercise addresses this age group.

A randomly chosen driver gets lost on a road trip. Determine the probability that the driver is a woman and stops to ask for directions.

Answer 1

Well there is a 51.8% chance the driver is a woman.  61% of women would stop to ask for directions.  So just multiply the two percentages together

 

51.8% x 61% = .518 x .61 = 0.31598 = 31.598%

 

So there is a 31.6% probability the driver is a woman and stops to ask for directions.