According to a recent study, 8.78.7% of high school dropouts are 16- to 17-year-olds. In addition, 5.65.6% 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?
Answer :
given data :-
the values can be taken as,
a recent study of high school dropouts are 16- to 17-year-olds = 8.78%
= 8.78/100
= 0.0878
In addition of high school dropouts are white 16- to 17-year-olds = 5.65%
= 5.65/100
= 0.0565
Now we need to find out the probability that a randomly selected dropout is white, given that he or she is 16 to 17 years old ... ?
= 0.0565/0.0878
= 0.643
The probability that a randomly selected dropout is white, given that he or she is 16 to 17 years old is : 0.643
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