Math Probability

Question

At a local college 116 of the male students are smokers and 174 as re non smokers. Of the female students 39 are smokers and 261 are non smokers A male student and a female student from the college are randomly selected for a survey. What is the probability that both are smokers

Answer 1

116/290)(39/300)= (116)(39)/(290)(300)=0.052 = 5.2% probability

% male smokers x % female smokers = % both will be smokers