A professor divided the students in her business class into three groups: those who have never taken a statistics class, those who have taken only one semester of a statistics class, and those who have taken two or more semesters of statistics. The professor randomly assigns students to groups of three to work on a project for the course. Find the requested probability. If 55% of the students have never taken a statistics class, 25% have taken only one semester of a statistics class, and the rest have taken two or more semesters of statistics, what is the probability that the first groupmate you meet has studied some statistics

the probability that the first groupmate you meet has studied some statistics is 0.45

Step-by-step explanation:

From the information given :

A professor divided the students in her business class into three groups

Let consider then to be :

Group            Statistics Class

A                    Never taken a statistics class

B                    Taken one statistics class

C                     Taken two or more statistics class.

If 55% of the students have never taken a statistics class,

Then ;

P(A) = 0.55

25% have taken only one semester of a statistics class

Then P(B) = 0.25

and the rest have taken two or more semesters of statistics

Then P(C) = 1 - 0.55 -0.25

P(C) = 1 - 0.80

P(C) = 0.20

The objective is to determine the probability that the first groupmate you meet has studied some statistics

The probability of the first groupmate you meet has studied some statistics = 1 - P(never taken a statistics course)

Let the  probability of the first groupmate you meet that  has studied some statistics be P(D)

Then P(D) = 1 -  P(A)

P(D) = 1 - 0.55

P(D) = 0.45

the probability that the first groupmate you meet has studied some statistics is 0.45

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