The events "male” and "buys lunch” are not independent because P(male | buys lunch) = 0.4 and P(male) = 0.3.
Complete question
James surveyed people at school and asked whether they bring their lunch to school or buy their lunch at school more often. The results are shown below.
Bring lunch: 46 males, 254 females
Buy lunch: 176 males, 264 females
The events "male" and "buys lunch" are not independent because
How to determine the probability?
The number of male students is:
Male = 46 + 176
Male = 222
The number of female students is:
Female = 254 + 264
Female = 518
The total student is:
Total = 222 + 518
Total = 740
Next, calculate the probability of selecting a male student
P(Male) = 222/740
P(Male) = 0.3
Of all the 440 that buy lunch, 176 are male,
So, we have:
P(male | buy lunch) = 176 / 440
P(male | buy lunch) = 0.4
Because
P(male | buy lunch) and P(male) are not equal.
Then, the events "male” and "buys lunch” are not independent
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