The table below shows the number of male and female students enrolled in nursing

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The table below shows the number of male and female students enrolled in nursing at a particular university for a recent semester. (a) Find the probability that a randomly selected student is male, given that the student is a nursing major. (b) Find the probability that a randomly selected student is a nursing major, given that the student is male. Nursing Majors Non-nursing majors Total Males 9494 10781078 11721172 Females 703703 16521652 23552355 Total 797797 27302730 35273527 (a) Find the probability that a randomly selected student is male, given that the student is a nursing major. The probability is nothing. (Round to three decimal places as needed.)

Explanation / Answer

(a) Probability =  (94/3527)/(797/3527) = 0.118

(b) Probability = (94/3527)/(1172/3527) = 0.080

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