Question

a list that contains the name the five anthropology students three sociology students in for psychology students. if one name is selected at random to us in the professor's new study find the probability that the chosen student is an anthropology student

Answer 1

Probability

There are:

5 anthropology students

3 sociology students

4 psychology students

5 + 3 + 4 = 12 students in total

The probability that one randomly selected student is for anthropology is:

`p=(5)/(12)`

Note we have divided the number of favorable cases by the total cases