Question

In a class of students, the following data table summarizes the gender of the students and whether they have an A in the class. What is the probability that a student does not have an A given that the student is female?
Female Male
Has an A 2 3
Does not have an A 6 16

Answer 1

P(does not have an A | female) = number of females without an A / total number of females = 6 / (2+6) = 6/8 = 3/4 = 0.75 = 75%.