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magmichele12

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A shipment of grapefruit arrived containing the following proportions of types: 10 pink seedless, 20 white seedless, 30 pink with seeds, 40 white with seeds. A grapefruit is selected random from the shipment. Find the probability that it is seedless, given that it is pink.

Question 2

The theoretical probability that a particular value of a continuous random variable will occur is exactly zero.
  Indicate whether the statement is true or false


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Reply #1 on: Jul 24, 2018
Answer to Question 1

P(seedless  pink) = 0.10 / 0.40 = 0.25

Answer to Question 2

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