Question

Andrew believes the honor roll students at his school have an unfair advantage in being assigned to the math class they request. He asked 500 students at his school the following questions: "Are you on the honor roll?" and "Did you get the math class you requested?” The results are shown in the table below:
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Help Andrew determine if all students at his school have an equal opportunity to get the math class they requested. Show your work and explain your process for determining the fairness of the class assignment process. ​

Answer 1

Answer:

Honor students have a probability of 43% to non-honor students 25%.

Step-by-step explanation:

Prob of honor student getting math class choice = 215/500 = 43%

Prob of non-honor student getting math class choice = 125/500 = 25%