Question

60 people visited a swimming pool one evening. 13 out of the 19 people who wore goggles were adults. There were 15 children. What is the probability that a person was wearing goggles, given they were a child? Group of answer choices 0.10 0.25 0.4 0.8

Answer 1

The correct option is the third option: 0.4 [ANSWER]

Explanation:

The probability that a person was wearing goggles, given that they were a child is given by:

Now, we are given that: No. of children = 15

Moreover, we are given that there are 19 people who wore goggles, out of these 13 are adults, which means that the rest 19-13=6 were children who were wearing goggles.

Thus, No. of children wearing goggles = 6

Thus, we get:

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