Question

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 305 279 Did not cook dinner 152 459 What is the probability that one of the customers chosen from this survey was a female and cooked dinner? 0.23 0.38 0.47 0.61

Answer 1

The total number of both men and women surveyed was 305+279+152+459= 1195. Of this total, 279 women cooked dinner so 279/1195=0.23. This would compare with men which would be 305/1195=0.26 or slightly higher probability.