Question: 51. The owner of a restaurant serving Continental-style entrees was interested in studying ordering patterns of patrons for the Friday-to-Sunday weekend time period. Records were maintained that indicated the demand for dessert during the same time period. The owner decided to study two other variables, along with whether a dessert was ordered: the gender of the individual and whether a beef entree was ordered. The results are as follows:

A waiter approaches a table to take an order. What is the probability that the first customer to order at the table

a. orders a dessert?

b. orders a dessert or a beef entrée?

c. is a female and does not order a dessert?

d. is a female or does not order a dessert'?

e. Suppose the first person that the waiter takes the dessert order from is a female. What is the probability that she does not order dessert?

f. Are gender and ordering dessert statistically independent?

g. is ordering a beef entrée statistically independent of whether the person orders dessert?