Illustration 16.16. Suppose that a day's production schedule calls for 9000 items. Three machine each with a daily production capacit of 4000 are available and the probability that an item is defective is i 2 and 4 percent for machines A, B and C respectively. On a given day 4000 items were produced on machine A, 4000 on B and 1000 on C. One item is selected at random and found defective. What is the prob- ability that it was produced on machine A.

Illustration 16.16. Suppose that a day's production schedule calls for 9000 items. Three machine each with a daily production capacit of 4000 are available and the probability that an item is defective is i 2 and 4 percent for machines A, B and C respectively. On a given day 4000 items were produced on machine A, 4000 on B and 1000 on C. One item is selected at random and found defective. What is the prob- ability that it was produced on machine A.

Algebra & Trigonometry with Analytic Geometry

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Author:Swokowski

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Chapter10: Sequences, Series, And Probability

Section10.8: Probability

Problem 32E

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