The National Hurricane Center said it's monitoring a weather system (Hurricane Irma), which is currently producing showers and thunderstorms in the southwestern Gulf of Mexico. Residents along the Gulf and East coasts of the U.S. need to be on alert. As shown in the figure, the exact path of Irma remains uncertain and will depend on a variety of moving parts in the atmosphere. In the first scenario (scenario A), Irma will blast the northern Caribbean with flooding rain, damaging winds and rough surf this week, bringing life-threatening conditions to the islands. According to the forest, the probability that scenario A occurs is P(A)=0.4. A similar scenario (scenario B) could play out somewhere along the Gulf or East coasts this weekend or next week. According to the forest, the probability that scenario B occurs is P(B)=0.45. Another scenario (scenario C) still on the table is that Irma curves northward and misses the East Coast entirely. However, this scenario is the least likely to occur at this point with a probability P(C)=0.15. Let F denote the “flooding event in Miami area caused by Hurricane Irma”, and assume that P(F|A)=0.4, P(F|B)=0.9, and P(F|C)=0.1, answer the following questions. What is the probability that there will be a flooding event in Miami area caused by Hurricane Irma?  a). 0.58 b). 0.16 c). 0.405 d). 0.015 e). none of above If Miami is flooded, what is the probability that Hurricane Irma takes trajectory B? a). 0.7 b). 0.45 c). 0.6 d). 0.28 e). none of abo

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The National Hurricane Center said it's monitoring a weather system (Hurricane Irma), which is currently producing showers and thunderstorms in the southwestern Gulf of Mexico. Residents along the Gulf and East coasts of the U.S. need to be on alert. As shown in the figure, the exact path of Irma remains uncertain and will depend on a variety of moving parts in the atmosphere. In the first scenario (scenario A), Irma will blast the northern Caribbean with flooding rain, damaging winds and rough surf this week, bringing life-threatening conditions to the islands. According to the forest, the probability that scenario A occurs is P(A)=0.4. A similar scenario (scenario B) could play out somewhere along the Gulf or East coasts this weekend or next week. According to the forest, the probability that scenario B occurs is P(B)=0.45. Another scenario (scenario C) still on the table is that Irma curves northward and misses the East Coast entirely. However, this scenario is the least likely to occur at this point with a probability P(C)=0.15. Let F denote the “flooding event in Miami area caused by Hurricane Irma”, and assume that P(F|A)=0.4, P(F|B)=0.9, and P(F|C)=0.1, answer the following questions.

What is the probability that there will be a flooding event in Miami area caused by Hurricane Irma? 

a). 0.58 b). 0.16 c). 0.405 d). 0.015 e). none of above

If Miami is flooded, what is the probability that Hurricane Irma takes trajectory B?

a). 0.7 b). 0.45 c). 0.6 d). 0.28 e). none of above

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Here Bayes theorem is applicable

P(A|B) = P(AB)P(B)

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