All you have to do is multiply the l * w = Area
When you look at 26 ft and 15 ft, 21 ft and 10 ft, 29 ft and 18 ft, you'd know it wouldn't work since it's over 180.
So the dimensions of the ceiling are l = 20 ft; w = 9 ft
The tenth place is where the 7 is.
0.7
If the number behind it is over 5, we round up. If it isn't, we round down.
0<5
We round down.
2.7 is the answer.
I hope this helps!
~kaikers
A = event the person got the class they wanted
B = event the person is on the honor roll
P(A) = (number who got the class they wanted)/(number total)
P(A) = 379/500
P(A) = 0.758
There's a 75.8% chance someone will get the class they want
Let's see if being on the honor roll changes the probability we just found
So we want to compute P(A | B). If it is equal to P(A), then being on the honor roll does not change P(A).
---------------
A and B = someone got the class they want and they're on the honor roll
P(A and B) = 64/500
P(A and B) = 0.128
P(B) = 144/500
P(B) = 0.288
P(A | B) = P(A and B)/P(B)
P(A | B) = 0.128/0.288
P(A | B) = 0.44 approximately
This is what you have shown in your steps. This means if we know the person is on the honor roll, then they have a 44% chance of getting the class they want.
Those on the honor roll are at a disadvantage to getting their requested class. Perhaps the thinking is that the honor roll students can handle harder or less popular teachers.
Regardless of motivations, being on the honor roll changes the probability of getting the class you want. So Alex is correct in thinking the honor roll students have a disadvantage. Everything would be fair if P(A | B) = P(A) showing that events A and B are independent. That is not the case here so the events are linked somehow.
Find a number you can multiply by the bottom of the fraction to make it 10, or 100, or 1000, or any 1 followed by 0s.
Multiply both top and bottom by that number.
Then write down just the top number, putting the decimal point in the correct spot (one space from the right hand side for every zero in the bottom number)
