Question

A random sample of adults showed that of them have shopped at least once on the Internet. What is the (approximate) probability that a randomly selected adult has shopped on the Internet? Round your answer to three decimal places.

Answer 1

Answer:

P = number of adults who have shopped at least once on the internet / number sampled adults

Step-by-step explanation:

Step 1

Let X be the number sampled adults

Let Y be the number of adults who have shopped at least once on the internet.

Let P be the probability that a randomly selected adult has shopped on the Internet.

Step 2

P = number of adults who have shopped at least once on the internet / number sampled adults

P = Y/X

An example:

If X is 1000 adults and Y is 200 adults therefore P = 200/1000 = 0.2

One can therefore infer that approximately 0.2 of the population surfs the internet at least once in a week.