Question

Three hundred students in a school were asked to select their favorite fruit from a choice of apples, oranges, and mangoes. This table lists the results.

Boys Girls

Apple 66 46

Orange 52 41

Mango 40 55

If you were to choose a boy from the group, what is the probability that mangoes are his favorite fruit? Answer choices are rounded to the hundredths place.

Answer 1

The following information has been provided in the problem:

	Boys	Girls	Total
Apple	66	46	112
Orange	52	41	93
Mango	40	55	95
Total	158	142	300

Let denote the event that Mango is the favorite fruit of the student and let denote the event that a boy is choosen.

The probability that mango is the favourite fruit of the child given that a boy is selected is given by:

The formula for calculating is:

RESULT:

Therefore, the required probability is .