A company has two plants to manufacture cars. Plant A manufactures 70% of the cars and Plant B manufactures 30%. At plant A, 80% of cars are rated standard quality and at plant B, 90% of cars are rated standard quality. A car is picked up at random and is found to be of standard quality. What is the probability that it has come from plant B ?
A company has two plants to manufacture cars. Plant A manufactures 70% of the cars and Plant B manufactures 30%. At plant A, 80% of cars are rated standard quality and at plant B, 90% of cars are rated standard quality. A car is picked up at random and is found to be of standard quality. What is the probability that it has come from plant B ?
Holt Mcdougal Larson Pre-algebra: Student Edition 2012
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Chapter11: Data Analysis And Probability
Section11.8: Probabilities Of Disjoint And Overlapping Events
Problem 2C
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of the cars and Plant B manufactures 30%. At plant A, 80% of cars are rated standard
quality and at plant B, 90% of cars are rated standard quality. A car is picked up at random
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Transcribed Image Text:A company has two plants to manufacture cars. Plant A manufactures 70%
of the cars and Plant B manufactures 30%. At plant A, 80% of cars are rated standard
quality and at plant B, 90% of cars are rated standard quality. A car is picked up at random
and is found to be of standard quality. What is the probability that it has come from
plant B ?
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