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At Franklin High school, 15% of the students play basketball and 4% of the students play baseball and basketball. What in the probability that a student plays baseball given that he or she play basketball?

 Mar 5, 2015

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The probability is given by .04 / .15 = .2667 or about 27%

 

  

 Mar 5, 2015
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4% of baseball players should play basketball , just because they play baseball it does not alter their probability of being a basketball player. However if you pick a student at random there is only 0.6% (15% x 4%) chance that they will play both sports.

In conclusion 4% of basketball players play baseball but only 0.6% of the entire student body play both sports.

 Mar 5, 2015
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The probability is given by .04 / .15 = .2667 or about 27%

 

  

CPhill Mar 5, 2015

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