Answer:
The probability of a randomly chosen person being from California is 0.111.
The probability of a randomly chosen person not being from California is 0.889.
Step-by-step explanation:
The odds of a person, selected from the US population, living in California is 1 to 8.
That is:
[tex]\text{Odds}(\frac{\text{Lives in California}}{\text{Does not Lives in California}})=\frac{1}{8}[/tex]
Compute the probability of a randomly chosen person being from California as follows:
[tex]P(\text{Lives in California})=\frac{\text{Odds}(\text{Lives in California})}{\text{Odds}(\text{Lives in California})+\text{Odds}(\text{Does not Lives in California})}[/tex]
[tex]=\frac{1}{1+8}\\\\=\frac{1}{9}\\\\=0.111[/tex]
The probability of a randomly chosen person being from California is 0.111.
Compute the probability of a randomly chosen person not being from California as follows:
[tex]P(\text{Love in California})=1-P(\text{Does not Love in California})[/tex]
[tex]=1-0.111\\\\=0.889[/tex]
Thus, the probability of a randomly chosen person not being from California is 0.889.
