Question

12. The table below is the Titanic mortality table. Men Women Boys Girls TOTAL 706 1360 104 3518 1517 2223 Survived 3323182927 If I randomly select someone who was aboard the Titanic, find (a) P(I picked a man) (b) P(I picked a man, GIVEN I picked someone who died) (c) Are the events "I picked a man" and "I picked someone who died" independent? Answer "Yes" or "No" and explain why

Answer 1

"(a) P(I picked a man) = 1692/2223 = 0.7611 (b) P(I picked a man