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A student is randomly selected from a large college. Define the events C = {the student owns a cell phone} and I = {the student owns an iPod}.
-Which of the following is the correct interpretation of the probability P(I|C)?
A) The chance that a randomly selected student owns an iPod.
B) The percentage of students who own both a cell phone and an iPod.
C) The proportion of students who own a cell phone who also own an iPod.
D) The relative frequency of iPod owners who own a cell phone.

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 A student is randomly selected from a large college. Define the events C = {the student owns a cell phone} and I = {the student owns an iPod}.
-Which of the following is the correct interpretation of the probability P(I|C)?
A) The chance that a randomly selected student owns an iPod.
B) The percentage of students who own both a cell phone and an iPod.
C) The proportion of students who own a cell phone who also own an iPod.
D) The relative frequency of iPod owners who own a cell phone.

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P(I|C) represents the conditional probability that a student owns an iPod given that the student already owns a cell phone, which is the proportion of cell phone owners who also own an iPod.

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