In a college, 4% of the men and 1% of the women are taller than 6 feet. Further more,

Question

60% of the students are women. Now if a student is selected at random and is taller than
6 feet, what is the probability that the student is a women.

Answer 1

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Answer 2

Find the probability that in a sample of 12 voters exactly 7 will prefer A if 60% of the
voters in a large district prefer candidate A.

Answer 3

Determine the probability that the income tax authorities will catch 3 income tax
returns with illegitimate deductions, if it randomly selects 6 returns from among 20
income tax returns of which 8 contains illegitimate deductions?