Question

There are 19 people who enter the doctor's office at the same time, waiting to be seenfor a follow-up appointment . Of the people 8 are men and the rest are women. Find the probability of a woman will be chosen first to be seen by the doctor. Convert the fraction to a decimal. Round to three decimal places.

Answer 1

EXPLANATION

The probability is given by the following relationship:

$\text{Probability}=\frac{n\nu\text{mber of favourable outcomes }}{\text{total number of possible outcomes}}$

Replacing terms:

$\text{Probability}=\frac{11}{19}=0.578$

The probability is 57.8%