In a high school graduating class of 128 students, 52 are on the honor roll. Of these, 48 are going on to college; of the other 76 students, 56 are going on to college. What is the probability that a student selected at random from the class is (a) going to college, (b) not going to college, and (c) not going to college and on the honor roll?

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Justice Tran

13 March, 12:12

In a high school graduating class of 128 students, 52 are on the honor roll. Of these, 48 are going on to college; of the other 76 students, 56 are going on to college. What is the probability that a student selected at random from the class is (a) going to college, (b) not going to college, and (c) not going to college and on the honor roll?

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Ronan Francis · Answer 1

a. 0.8125

b. 0.1875

c. 0.03125

Step-by-step explanation:

from the information given, we can come up with the following data

Total No of students = 128

Total Nos of students going to college = 48+56=104

Total Nos of students not going to college and on the honor roll = 52-48=4

a. To determine the probability of students going to college we have

P (going to college) = (total number of students going to college) / total number of students

P (going to college) = 104/128

P (going to college) = 0.8125

b. To determine the probability of students not going to college, we use the rule that says total probability is 1, hence

Pr (not going to college) = 1-Pr (going to college)

Pr (not going to college) = 1-0.8125

Pr (not going to college) = 0.1875

c. To determine the probability of students NOT going to college and on the pay roll we have

Pr = (Total Number of students not going to college and on the honor roll) / total number of students

Pr=4/128

Pr=0.03125