The government of Australia is divided up into the Senate and the House of Representatives
MATHEMATICS · Subjective · A Level · Mathematics · Probability · Probability
Problem
The government of Australia is divided up into the Senate and the House of Representatives. As of 2018:
- Of the 76 Senators, 31 are part of the Coalition, 26 are part of the Opposition, and 19 are crossbenchers.
- Of the 150 members of parliament (MPs) in the House of Representatives, 73 are part of the Coalition, 69 are part of the Opposition, and 8 are crossbenchers.
Given that a randomly selected politician is part of the Opposition, find the probability that the politician is an MP.