Many people swimming to St. Martin Islands from Teknaf get lost, of whom 23% are found by trained rescuers. 56% of the people who were rescued were found to carry a waterproof GPS locator, whereas 55% of the people who were not rescued were known to carry a similar locator. a. What is the probability that a randomly selected swimmer is carrying a locator? Answer in exact fraction or rounded to at least 4 decimal places b. If a lost swimmer was carrying a GPS locator, what is the probability of them being rescued? Answer in exact fraction. or rounded to at least 4 decimal places CIfa lost swimmer was not carrying any locator, what is the probability of them not being rescued? Answer in exact fraction. or rounded to at least 4 decimal places

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Many people swimming to St. Martin Islands from Teknaf get lost, of whom 23% are found by trained rescuers. 56% of the people who were rescued
were found to carry a waterproof GPS locator, whereas 55% of the people who were not rescued were known to carry a similar locator.
a. What is the probability that a randomly selected swimmer is carrying a locator?
Answer in exact fraction. or rounded to at least 4 decimal places
b. If a lost swimmer was carrying a GPS locator, what is the probability of them being rescued?
Answer in exact fraction., or rounded to at least 4 decimal places
c. Ifa lost swimmer was not carrying any locator, what is the probability of them not being rescued?
Answer in exact fraction. or rounded to at least 4 decimal places
Transcribed Image Text:Many people swimming to St. Martin Islands from Teknaf get lost, of whom 23% are found by trained rescuers. 56% of the people who were rescued were found to carry a waterproof GPS locator, whereas 55% of the people who were not rescued were known to carry a similar locator. a. What is the probability that a randomly selected swimmer is carrying a locator? Answer in exact fraction. or rounded to at least 4 decimal places b. If a lost swimmer was carrying a GPS locator, what is the probability of them being rescued? Answer in exact fraction., or rounded to at least 4 decimal places c. Ifa lost swimmer was not carrying any locator, what is the probability of them not being rescued? Answer in exact fraction. or rounded to at least 4 decimal places
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