Q.4.22 (a) In an office, 1100 people work from which 600 are male and the remaining are female. 50 percent of male and \( 10 \% \) of female smoke during the break time. What is the probability that a person chosen at random is a female or smoker? (b) In a classroom, 30 are Muslim students and 15 are nonMuslims. Half of both have then own computers at home. What is the probability that a student chosen at random is a Muslim or has computer at home?
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50% of males smoke, which is 300, and 10% of females smoke, which is 50. So, the total number of smokers is 350. The probability that a person chosen at random is a female is 500/1100 = 0.45 (approximately). The probability that a person chosen at random is a Show more…
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