A manufacturer of bicycles produces 80 per cent of its output in its New York factory and the rest in San Francisco. If the probability of a defect in its New York output is 5% and the defect rate is 2% in San Francisco. (i) What is the probability a defective product was manufactured in San Francisco? (ii) If the firm replaces all defective bicycles, how many replacements will be required out of the weekly sales of 2000 bicycles?
A manufacturer of bicycles produces 80 per cent of its output in its New York factory and the rest in San Francisco. If the probability of a defect in its New York output is 5% and the defect rate is 2% in San Francisco. (i) What is the probability a defective product was manufactured in San Francisco? (ii) If the firm replaces all defective bicycles, how many replacements will be required out of the weekly sales of 2000 bicycles?
Chapter8: Sequences, Series,and Probability
Section8.7: Probability
Problem 11ECP: A manufacturer has determined that a machine averages one faulty unit for every 500 it produces....
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Transcribed Image Text:A manufacturer of bicycles produces 80 per cent of its output in its New York factory and the rest in San
Francisco. If the probability of a defect in its New York output is 5% and the defect rate is 2% in San
Francisco.
(i)
What is the probability a defective product was manufactured in San Francisco?
(ii)
If the firm replaces all defective bicycles, how many replacements will be required out of the
weekly sales of 2000 bicycles?
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