This problem involves empirical probability. The table shows the breakdown of 102 thousand single parents on active duty in the U.S. military in a certain year.

Question

This problem involves empirical probability. The table shows the breakdown of 102 thousand single parents on active duty in the U.S. military in a certain year. All numbers are in thousands and rounded to the nearest thousand. Use the data in the table to find the probability that a randomly selected single parent in the U.S. military is female.

Answer 1

26/102 = 13/51

= about 25.49 = about 25.5% chance she's female

Answer 2

Since it doesnt matter if parent is male or female, there are total of 102 000 single parents in the army

There are total of 26 000 female single parents serving in military that means that probability that randomly selected single parent is female is:

26000/102000 = 13/51 = 0.254