Statistics indicate that 4% of males and 0.3% of females are color-blind.Assume thata population is half...

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Statistics indicate that 4% of males and 0.3% of females arecolor-blind.Assume thata population is half female.What is theprobability that a randomly selected person isfemale, given thatthe person is color-blind?

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P(female | color-blind) = P(color-blind | female) * P(female)/P(color-blind)

                                    = (0.003 * 0.5)/(0.04 * 0.5 + 0.003 * 0.5) = 0.0698

                                           

                                                      

                                            

                                              

                               

                                                                                        


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