Question

The employees of AB co. Ltd. Have to elect one out of 5 persons to place them in a committee. Find out probability of selecting a representative that would be either male or over the age of 35. Details of the members are as follows:

Gender age
Male 40
Female 20
M 32
F 45
M 30

Answer 1

There are only two candidates with the age over 35.

Therefore the probability of electing a a candidate over 35 years is 2/6 or 1/3.

Also, there are a total of 3 males out of 6 candidates.

Therefore the probability of electing a male is 3/6 or 1/2 or half.

Therefore the probability of electing a candidate over 35 years is 1/3 and that of electing a male is 1/2.