A survey is taken in Ms. Smith’s math class of the students’ favorite foods. Out of the male students, 2 prefer pizza, 5 prefer steak, and 7 prefer chicken. Out of the female students, 10 prefer pizza, 1 prefers steak, and 5 prefer chicken. Construct a data table for this data. If you randomly select a student whose favorite food is pizza, what is the probability that the student you select is female?

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SOLUTION:

Here is the data table;

b. If you randomly selected a student whose favorite food is pizza, the probability that the student you selected is female is;

[tex]\frac{10}{12}=\frac{5}{6}[/tex]

Thus, the final answer is;

[tex]\frac{5}{6}[/tex]

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