The table below provides summary information about students in a class.The gender of each individual and the major is given. A student is randomly selected from this group, and it is found that the student is majoring in finance.What is the probability that the student is a male?
A)0.21
B)0.10
C)0.56
D)0.48
E)0.78

Question

The table below provides summary information about students in a class.The gender of each individual and the major is given.  A student is randomly selected from this group, and it is found that the student is majoring in finance.What is the probability that the student is a male?
A)0.21 
B)0.10 
C)0.56 
D)0.48 
E)0.78

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

To find the probability, we need to use the formula: 
probability = (number of desired outcomes) / (total number of outcomes)
In this case, the number of desired outcomes is the number of male students who are majoring in finance, which is 14. The total number of outcomes is the total number of students majoring in finance, which is 25. Therefore, the probability is: 
14 / 25 = 0.56 
So the correct answer is (C) 0.56.

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