For conditional probability, “given that” tells you which group supplies the denominator. First count Music-only students among those not in Art. Then count everyone in at least one program by adding all Art students and Music-only students. Each probability uses its own given-that group. Use a Desmos regression to find the overlap, taking care not to count it twice.
Hints
- Hint 1
A conditional probability starts with the group named after “given that.” For the first probability, subtract the Art students from everyone surveyed. How many students are left in the not-in-Art group?
- Hint 2
Music participants who aren't in Art are Music-only students. Everyone in Art plus those Music-only students makes the at-least-one group. Students in both programs are already included among the Art students.
- Hint 3
Let count students in both programs. Since Art includes those students, the Art-only count is . Add that to Music-only to count students in exactly one program.
Step-by-step
Count the groups, then solve for the overlap
Step 1Find the first conditioned group
The first “given that” keeps students not in Art. Subtract the Art participants from all surveyed students. Type in Desmos; it prints . That is the group used by the first probability, not all students.
- Step 2
Count the Music-only students
Of those students, the conditional probability says one-fourth participate in Music. Because none participates in Art, these are Music-only students. Type in Desmos; it prints .
- Step 3
Count students in at least one program
Take all Art students and add the Music-only students. Type in Desmos; it prints students in at least one program. Don't add the students in both again: they're already among the Art students.
- Step 4
Write the Art-only count
Let count students in the overlap, meaning both programs. The Art students include that overlap, so subtract to get Art only:
- Step 5
Write the exactly-one count
Exactly one program means Art only or Music only, never both. Add those two counts to get the number the second probability describes:
- Step 6
Use the second conditioned group
The second “given that” keeps only students in at least one program, a group of . A conditional probability puts the count described in step 5 over that group's total, so:
- Step 7
Solve for the students in both programs
Type in Desmos. Here replaces , and tells Desmos to fit the two sides. Under PARAMETERS, it shows . Since counts students in both Art and Music, surveyed students participate in both. Grid in 48.