A diner asked its customers, 'Did you cook dinner last night?' The results on the survey are shown in the table below:

Male Female

Cooked dinner 315 289

Did not cook dinner 156 489

What is the probability that one of the customers chosen from this survey was a male and cooked dinner?

0.25

0.37

0.52

0.67

Question

Helena Mcgrath

Mathematics

11 July, 22:54

A diner asked its customers, 'Did you cook dinner last night?' The results on the survey are shown in the table below:

Male Female

Cooked dinner 315 289

Did not cook dinner 156 489

What is the probability that one of the customers chosen from this survey was a male and cooked dinner?

0.25

0.37

0.52

0.67

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Answers (1)

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Skye Barron · Answer 1

Total number of persons that took this survey is 315+289+156+489 = 1249

To calculate required probability we need to divide number of males that cooked diner with the total number of persons in the survey.

315/1249 = 0.2522

If we round this to 2 decimals the answer is first option: 0.25

A diner asked its customers, 'Did you cook dinner last night?' The results on the survey are shown in the table below:Male FemaleCooked dinner 315 289Did not cook dinner 156 489What is the probability that one of the customers chosen from this survey was a male and cooked dinner?0.250.370.520.67