2019 AMC 8 Problems/Problem 15
Problem 15
On a beach people are wearing sunglasses and 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 is also wearing sunglasses is . If instead, someone wearing sunglasses is selected at random, what is the probability that this person is also wearing a cap?
Solution 1
The number of people wearing caps and sunglasses is . So then 14 people out of the 50 people wearing sunglasses also have caps.
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