73. A manufacturing firm produces pipes in two plants I and II with daily production 1,500 and 2,000 pipes respectively. The fraction of defective pipes produced by two plants I and II are 0-006 and 0-008 respectively. If a pipe selected at random from that day's production is found to be defective, what is the chance that it has come from plant I, plant II ?

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73. A manufacturing firm produces pipes in two plants I and II with daily
production 1,500 and 2,000 pipes respectively. The fraction of defective pipes produced by
two plants I and II are 0-006 and 0-008 respectively. If a pipe selected at random from that
day's production is found to be defective, what is the chance that it has come from plant I,
plant II ?
Transcribed Image Text:73. A manufacturing firm produces pipes in two plants I and II with daily production 1,500 and 2,000 pipes respectively. The fraction of defective pipes produced by two plants I and II are 0-006 and 0-008 respectively. If a pipe selected at random from that day's production is found to be defective, what is the chance that it has come from plant I, plant II ?
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