NandishSS wrote:Each of the 50 students participating in a workshop is either an undergraduate or a graduate student. If P is the probability that a randomly selected participant will be a female graduate student, is P less than 1/2?
1) Of the participants, 24 are female.
2) Of the participants, 18 are graduate students.
Statement 1:
Since fewer than 1/2 of the students are female, the probability of picking a female graduate student must be less than 1/2.
Thus, the answer to the question stem is YES.
SUFFICIENT.
Statement 2:
Since fewer than 1/2 of the students are graduate students, the probability of picking a female graduate student must be less than 1/2.
Thus, the answer to the question stem is YES.
SUFFICIENT.
The correct answer is
D.
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