Question: Pets again. The local animal shelter in Exercise reported that it currently has 24 dogs and 18 cats available for adoption; 8 of the dogs and 6 of the cats are male. Are the species and sex of the animals independent? Explain.
Exercise: Pets. In its monthly report, the local animal shelter states that it currently has 24 dogs and 18 cats available for adoption. Eight of the dogs and 6 of the cats are male. Find each of the following conditional probabilities if an animal is selected at random:
a) The pet is male, given that it is a cat.
b) The pet is a cat, given that it is female.
c) The pet is female, given that it is a dog.