The theoretical probability that a man will have some form of color blindness is 8%, whereas the theoretical probability of a woman having color blindness is 0.5%. If you have a group of 600 women, predict how many of them will be color blind.

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Jamison Boyd

4 January, 16:49

The theoretical probability that a man will have some form of color blindness is 8%, whereas the theoretical probability of a woman having color blindness is 0.5%. If you have a group of 600 women, predict how many of them will be color blind.

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Cohen Mann · Answer 1

Cohen Mann 4 January, 18:22

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It would be either 27 or 42

Halle Benton · Answer 2

3 women. What I do is if the overall number is a multiple of 100, I just start from 100 because 100=100%. So 1=1%. So then multiply it by 6. So 1% of 600 would be 6. Then 6:2 is 3. That's your answer ...5%=3