Question

For a certain class, the following data table compares how many students have a cat or a dog. What is the probability that a student chosen randomly from the class has a cat?
Has a cat Does not have a cat
Has a dog 3 2
Does not have a dog 14 8

Answer 1

There are 3 + 14 = 17 students who have a cat out of a total of 3+2+14+8 = 27 students.

Probability = 17/27 ≈ 0.6296 ≈ 62.96%.