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Give proper fractions and condition on both people finding jobs

Express all answers as proper fractions. In 2013,60% of the unemployed citizens of country A were graduates. Within a year,70% of these unemployed graduates found a job, while 40% of the unemployed non-graduates found one.

(i) A person unemployed in 2013 is chosen at random. Find the probability the person is not a graduate, given no job has been found. marks

(ii) Two people unemployed in 2013 are chosen at random. Find the probability that

(a) exactly one found a job within a year, marks

(b) exactly one is a graduate, given both found jobs within a year. marks

[2014/ACJC/II/10]

CJC · Review problems · Question 13

Condition on both employment outcomes before asking about the graduates among them.

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