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Just plug in numbers !

Total homes = 90

ranch-style = 30

town-homes = 60

town-homes with pool = 45

town-homes without a pool = 15

probability that a homeselected at random from the subdivision will be a townhome with a pool = 45/90 = 1/2

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The same answer, agree with all

Ans: E
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A housing subdivision contains only two types of homes: ranch-style homes andtownhomes. There are twice as many townhomes as ranch-style homes. There are 3 timesas many townhomes with pools than without pools. What is the probability that a homeselected at random from the subdivision will be a townhome with a pool?

(A) 1/6 (B) 1/5 (C) 1/4 (D) 1/3 (E) 1/2


I got E too. Basically, 2/3 houses are Townhouses among the total houses. Out of those 2/3 houses, ONLY 3/4 or 75% are townhouses with pools i.e.

3/4 * 2/3 = 1/2 (E)
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I also got the answer 1/2, but in some book the OE is:

Since there are twice as many townhomes as ranch-style homes, the probability of selecting atownhome is 2/3.* Now, “there are 3 times as many townhomes with pools than without pools.”So the probability that a townhome will have a pool is 3/4. Hence, the probability of selecting a
townhome with a pool is

2/3 * 1/4 = 1/6

Is it correct?



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