7% of Americans are vegetarians. If you ask a random person whether he or she is a vegetarian, what is the probability that the

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irga5000 [103]

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7% of Americans are vegetarians. If you ask a random person whether he or she is a vegetarian, what is the probability that the

person is not a vegetarian ?

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ElenaW [278] · Answer 1 · 2022-06-22T10:46:30+03:00

This question is flawed. I believe it was meant to ask: "If you ask a random person <span>who identifies as American</span> this question, what is the probability?" etc. Assuming this is the case, it would be 93% probability.

Otherwise, America is equivalent to 4.34% of the total world population as of Thursday, April 6, 2017 (http://www.worldometers.info/world-population/us-population/). So, 7% of 4.34% is 0.3%.

I'd stick to 93%