Answer to Question #148178 in Statistics and Probability for A

Question

in a class 65% students are boys and 35% students are girls the probability that a boy comes late for a lecture is 0.4 and the probability that a girls comes late for a lecture is 0.2. given that a student has come late what is the probability that the student is girl?

Answer 1

Given that,

No of boys in a class = 65%

No of girls in a class = 35%

Probability of a boy coming late to the class = 0.4

Probability of a girl coming late to the class = 0.2

Hence the formula for probability for any event A given an event B = $\frac {P(A\bigcap B)}{P(B)}$

= $\frac {probability\ that \ a \ girl\ coming\ late}{probability\ that\ a\ student\ is\ late}$

=$\frac {0.35*0.2}{0.65*0.4+0.35*0.2}=\frac {0.07}{0.33}=0.212121$