A department store sells sport shirts in three sizes (small, medium, and large), three patterns (plaid, print, and stripe), and two sleeve lengths (long and short). The accompanying tables give the proportions of shirts sold in the various category combinations. Short-Sleeved Size Plaid Print Stripe S .04 .02 .05 M .08 .07 .12 L .03 .07 .08   Long-Sleeved Size Plaid Print Stripe S .03 .02 .03 M .10 .05 .07 L .04 .02 .08 a. What is the probability that the next shirt sold is a medium, long-sleeved, print shirt? b. What is the probability that the next shirt sold is a medium print shirt? c. What is the probability that the next shirt sold is a short-sleeved shirt? A long-sleeved shirt?

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A department store sells sport shirts in three sizes (small,
medium, and large), three patterns (plaid, print, and
stripe), and two sleeve lengths (long and short). The
accompanying tables give the proportions of shirts sold
in the various category combinations.

Short-Sleeved

Size Plaid Print Stripe
S .04 .02 .05
M .08 .07 .12
L .03 .07 .08

 

Long-Sleeved

Size Plaid Print Stripe
S .03 .02 .03
M .10 .05 .07
L .04 .02 .08

a. What is the probability that the next shirt sold is a
medium, long-sleeved, print shirt?

b. What is the probability that the next shirt sold is a
medium print shirt?

c. What is the probability that the next shirt sold is a
short-sleeved shirt? A long-sleeved shirt?

d. What is the probability that the size of the next shirt
sold is medium? That the pattern of the next shirt
sold is a print?

e. Given that the shirt just sold was a short-sleeved plaid,
what is the probability that its size was medium?

f. Given that the shirt just sold was a medium plaid,
what is the probability that it was short-sleeved?
Long-sleeved?

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