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Old 07-12-2008, 11:26 AM   #53
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Originally Posted by BarTopDancer View Post

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New question:

636 students answered the survey.

0.47 said they consumed more alcohol then usual

636 x .47 = 299 students who consumed more alcohol than usual

337 students did not consume more alcohol than usual. This is 53%.

(0.47 + 0.53 = 1)

So, I think the caculation would be

.47 x .53 x .47 = .12
Close, but I think this is incorrect. Notice they said that the order matters.

Remember the "what assumptions are being made" part of question b? Don't make those same assumptions for this one.
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