All of Adam's friends either jog or go to the gym, or possibly both. He knows 70% of friends jog and 35% gym. What percentage of Adam's friends go to the gym, but do not jog?
My solution:
$$P(\text{gym}\mid\text{no jog}) = \dfrac{P(\text{gym} \, \cap \, \text{no jog})}{P(\text{no jog})}$$
I would like verify a few things.
- Is the probability of 'no jog' actually just $1-0.7=0.3$, or is it not this simple?
- To calculate $P(\text{gym} \, \cap \, \text{no jog})$, must I draw a Venn diagram and work it out? Is there a better way?
Yes, is seems a bit simple. You can draw a Venn-digram. But if you have only two variables I find it easier to make a contingency table. From the given information we can obtain the following table.
$$\begin{array}{|c|c|c|} \hline & G & \overline G & \\ \hline J & & &0.7\\ \hline \overline J & & \color{blue}0 & 0.3\\ \hline & 0.35 & 0.65& 1\\ \hline \end{array}$$
$G$: Go to the gym,$\overline G$: Not go to the gym, $J$: Go jogging, $\overline J$: Not go jogging
Because of the information that all of Adam's friends either jog or go to the gym we can insert the blue $0$.
Now it is simple to evaluate the missing values in the table, especially $P(\overline J\cap G)$. This is the probability what is asked for.