This problem involves empirical probability. The table shows the breakdown of 99 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 99 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 in the Army.

Answer 1

(25+10)/99= about 35%, slightly more

= exactly 35.3535....% chance of an army single parent deleted at random,

ignoring the rounding in the tables

Answer 2

We will ignore the note about them being thousands, as it doesn't matter for probability since they're all in thousands, but in other scenarios it might matter, so watch out for that.

There are 35 total single parents in the army per 99 single parents on active duty. If you pick one of these people randomly, you have a 35 in 99 chance of picking one, or 35/99 which equals ~35.354%

Hope this helps!