8. Nursing Majors The table shows the number of male and female students enrolled in nursing at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center for a recent semester. (Source: University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center Office of Institutional Research)
Nursing majors | Non-nursing majors | Total | |
MalesFemales | 1511016 | 11041693 | 12552709 |
Total | 1167 | 2797 | 3964 |
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(a) Find the probability that a randomly selected student is a nursing major.
(b) Find the probability that a randomly selected student is male.
(c) Find the probability that a randomly selected student is a nursing major, given that the student is male.
(d) Find the probability that a randomly selected student is a nursing major and male.
(e) Are the events “being a male student” and “being a nursing major” independent or dependent events? Explain.