A focus group is made up of 10 males and 6 females. Half of the males have college degrees.What is the probability that the member is a male with a college degree?

Answer 1

Remember that P(Event A) = number of A events / number of total events

The number of males with college degrees is (1/2)(10). The total number of people to pick from is 10 + 6.

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Answer 2

There are 16 people total (10 men, 6 women)

Half of the males have college degrees, so 5 men have college degrees (1/2 * 10 = 5)

The probability that a member is a male with a college degree is the number of males with college degrees divided by the total people in the group, or 5/16