Question

III.11. Language study. Choose a student in grades 9 to 12 at random and ask if he or she is studying a language other than English. Here is the distribution of results:

Language: Spanish French German
Probability: 0.300 0.080 0.021
Language: Latin All others None
Probability: 0.013 0.022 0.564
  1. (a) Explain why this is a legitimate probability model. (Hint: See page 429.)

  2. (b) What is the probability that a randomly chosen student is studying a language other than English? (Hint: See page 429.)

  3. (c) What is the probability that a randomly chosen student is studying French, German, or Spanish? (Hint: See page 429.)