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Suppose that a certain college class contains 63 students. Of these, 35 are freshmen, 31 are social science majors, and 7 are neither. A student is selected at random from the class.(a) What is the probability that the student is both a freshman and a social science major?(b) Given that the student selected is a freshman, what is the probability that he is also a social science major?Write your responses as fractions. (If necessary, consult a list of formulas.)ab

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Suppose that a certain college class contains 63 students. Of these, 35 are freshmen, 31 are social science majors, and 7 are neither. A student is selected at random from the class.(a) What is the probability that the student is both a freshman and a social science major?(b) Given that the student selected is a freshman, what is the probability that he is also a social science major?Write your responses as fractions. (If necessary, consult a list of formulas.)ab

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Solution

To solve this problem, we first need to understand the total number of students, the number of freshmen, the number of social science majors, and the number of students who are neither.

From the problem, we know:

  • Total number of students = 63
  • Number of freshmen = 35
  • Number of social science majors = 31
  • Number of students who are neither = 7

(a) To find the probability that a student is both a freshman and a social science major, we first need to find the number of students who are both. We can do this by adding the number of freshmen and social science majors and subtracting the total number of students and those who are neither:

Number of students who are both = (Number of freshmen + Number of social science majors) - (Total number of students + Number of students who are neither)

Number of students who are both = (35 + 31) - (63 + 7) = 66 - 70 = -4

Since the number of students who are both cannot be negative, there must be an error in the problem. Please check the numbers and try again.

(b) Given that the student selected is a freshman, the probability that he is also a social science major would be the number of students who are both divided by the total number of freshmen. However, since we could not find a valid number for the students who are both, we cannot solve this part of the problem. Please check the numbers and try again.

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