Question

On a beach $50$ people are wearing sunglasses and $35$ people are wearing caps. Some people are wearing both sunglasses and caps. If one of the people wearing a cap is selected at random, the probability that this person is also wearing sunglasses is $\dfrac{2}{5}.$ If instead, someone wearing sunglasses is selected at random, what is the probability that this person is also wearing a cap?

$\displaystyle \dfrac{14}{85}$

$\displaystyle \dfrac{7}{25}$

$\displaystyle \dfrac{2}{5}$

$\displaystyle \dfrac{4}{7}$

$\displaystyle \dfrac{7}{10}$

Answer: B

Concepts:conditional probability

Difficulty rating: 1100

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If the probability is $\dfrac{2}{5},$ that means $\dfrac{2}{5}$ of the people wearing caps are also wearing sunglasses.

This means that $35 \cdot \dfrac{2}{5} = 14$ people are wearing both caps and sunglasses.

The probability of a person wearing sunglasses also wearing a cap is $\dfrac{14}{50} = \dfrac{7}{25}.$

Thus, the correct answer is B.

2019 AMC 8 Problem 15

Answer: B

Difficulty rating: 1100

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