In a management trainee program, 80 percent of the trainees are female, 20 percent male. Ninety percent of the females attended college, 78 percent of the males attended college. A management trainee is selected at random. What is the probability that the person selected is a female who did attend college?
A) 0.20
B) 0.08
C) 0.25
D) 0.72

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80% of the trainees are female, so the probability of selecting a female is 0.8. Of these females, 90% attended college, so the probability of a female trainee attending college is 0.8 x 0.9 = 0.72. Therefore, the answer is D.

In a Management Trainee Program, 80 Percent of the Trainees