It is determined that 25 of every 100 men and 600 of every 1,000 women

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It is determined that 25 of every 100 men and 600 of every 1,000 women wear glasses. If the number of women in a particular room is four times more than that of men, what is the probability of a woman with glasses being randomly selected?

A. 0.47
B. 0.48
C. 0.5
D. 0.52
E. 0.53

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A. 0.47
B. 0.48
C. 0.5
D. 0.52
E. 0.53

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aritrar4 · Answer

Probability of men wearing glasses = 25/100 = 0.25
Probability of women wearing glasses = 600/1000 = 0.6

In the room ratio of men to women = 4:1, so probability of choosing a woman randomly = 4/5 = 0.8

Probability of the chosen woman wearing glasses = 0.8 * 0.6 = 0.48. IMO B

Akp880 · Answer

It is determined that 25 of every 100 men and 600 of every 1,000 women wear glasses. If the number of women in a particular room is four times more than that of men, what is the probability of a woman with glasses being randomly selected?

A. 0.47
B. 0.48
C. 0.5
D. 0.52
E. 0.53

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A. 0.47
B. 0.48
C. 0.5
D. 0.52
E. 0.53

Explanation-

P (Men with glass)=25/100= 0.25 
P (Women with glass)=600/1000= 0.6

given condition, No of Women =4 no. of men
 Let say there are 100 men ,then there will be  400 women 
 there will be 25 men with glasses and 400*0.6=240 women with glasses

Now,  P (women with glasses) =240/(400+100)
=240/500
= 0.48

Hence B is the correct answer.

Nevernevergiveup · Answer

25 of every 100 men and 
600 of every 1,000 women wear glasses.

If the number of women in a particular room is four times more than that of men, W=4M
let us take 400 women and 100 men in a room totaling 500
it has 60*4=240 women and 25 men with glasses

Probability of a woman with glasses being randomly selected=240/500 slightly less than 250/500=1/2~0.48

SHoylandBPrep · Answer

Ratio problems are usually easier if you plug in actual numbers. If there are 100 men and 400 women in a room, then

> 25/100 men wear glasses → 25 of the men wear glasses.
> 60/100 of women wear glasses → 240 of the women wear glasses.

Thus, there are 500 people total and 240 are women who wear glasses. The answer is 240/500 = 0.48.

MathRevolution · Answer

Probability of men wearing glass:  \frac{25}{100}  = 0.25

Probability of women wearing glass:  \frac{600}{1000}  = 0.6

The number of women in a particular room is four times more than that of men: Out of every 5 people, there are 4 women and 1 man

Selecting 4 women out of 5 people:  \frac{4 }{ 5}

=>Probability of women out of  \frac{4 }{ 5}  who will wear glass:  \frac{4 }{ 5}  * 0.6 = 0.48

Answer B

ShreyasJavahar · Answer

Say number of women in the room is 1000, then number of men is 250.

P(Woman with glasses) = Number of women with glasses/Total number of people in the room = 600/1250 = 0.48

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