Female Teachers


The answer is 0.0666.

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David Vreken
Feb 9, 2018

Let x x be the total number of participants at the meeting.

Since 1 3 \frac{1}{3} of the participants are men, the number of men is x 3 \frac{x}{3} .

Since 1 2 \frac{1}{2} of the participants are teachers, the number of teachers is x 2 \frac{x}{2} .

Since 80 % 80\% of the teachers are women, the number of female teachers is 80 % 80\% of x 2 = 2 x 5 \frac{x}{2} = \frac{2x}{5} .

The number of male teachers is the number of teachers minus the number of female teachers, which is x 2 2 x 5 = x 10 \frac{x}{2} - \frac{2x}{5} = \frac{x}{10} .

Since 1 2 \frac{1}{2} of the men are engineers, the number of male engineers is 1 2 x 3 = x 6 \frac{1}{2} \cdot \frac{x}{3} = \frac{x}{6} .

The number of male doctors is the number of men minus the number of male teachers minus the number of male engineers, which is x 3 x 10 x 6 = x 15 \frac{x}{3} - \frac{x}{10} - \frac{x}{6}= \frac{x}{15} .

Since the number of female doctors is equal to the number of male doctors, the number of female doctors is x 15 \frac{x}{15} .

The probability of being a female doctor is therefore x 15 x = 1 15 0.0666 \frac{\frac{x}{15}}{x} = \frac{1}{15} \approx \boxed{0.0666} .

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