Question

Item 4 A used car dealer sells SUVs and cars. Of all the vehicles, 70% are cars. Of all the vehicles, 20% are red cars. What is the probability that a car chosen at random is red? Round your answer to the nearest tenth of a percent

Answer 1

Answer:

32%

Step-by-step explanation:

The probability that two independent events occur together is the product of their individual probabilities, but we are not looking for a red car to be chosen at random, the problem already specifies that it is a car.  

So we are told that the probability that any vehicle chosen at random is red, regardless of whether it is a car or a SUV is 32%. So 32% is the probability the problem is asking: that when a car is chosen, that it is red.