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2 October, 09:09

According to a recent study, 8.6 % of high school dropouts are 16 - to 17-year-olds. in addition, 6.3 % of high school dropouts are white 16 - to 17-year-olds. what is the probability that a randomly selected dropout is white, given that he or she is 16 to 17 years old? g

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  1. 2 October, 11:00
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    The formula for conditional probability is

    ... P (A|B) = P (A&B) / P (B)

    Filling in the given numbers ...

    ... P (white | 16 or 17) = P (whiite & (16 or 17)) / P (16 or 17)

    ... = 6.3% / 8.6% ≈ 0.7326
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