The Reviews editor for a certain scientific journal decides whether the review for any particular book should be short (1-2 pages), medium (3-4 pages), or long (5-6 pages). Data on recent reviews indicates that 50% of them are short, 30% are medium, and the other 20% are long. Reviews are submitted in either Word or LaTex. For short reviews, 70% are in Word, whereas 40% of medium reviews are in Word and 30% of long reviews are in Word. Suppose a recent review is randomly selected. (a) What is the probability that the selected review was submitted in Word format? (b) If the selected review was submitted in Word format, what are the posterior probabilities of it being short, medium, or long? (Round your answers to three decimal places.) short medium long

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The Reviews editor for a certain scientific journal decides whether the review for any particular book should be short (1-2 pages), medium (3-4 pages), or long (5-6 pages). Data on recent reviews
indicates that 50% of them are short, 30% are medium, and the other 20% are long. Reviews are submitted in either Word or LaTex. For short reviews, 70% are in Word, whereas 40% of medium
reviews are in Word and 30% of long reviews are in Word. Suppose a recent review is randomly selected.
(a) What is the probability that the selected review was submitted in Word format?
(b) If the selected review was submitted in Word format, what are the posterior probabilities of it being short, medium, or long? (Round your answers to three decimal places.)
short
medium
long
Transcribed Image Text:The Reviews editor for a certain scientific journal decides whether the review for any particular book should be short (1-2 pages), medium (3-4 pages), or long (5-6 pages). Data on recent reviews indicates that 50% of them are short, 30% are medium, and the other 20% are long. Reviews are submitted in either Word or LaTex. For short reviews, 70% are in Word, whereas 40% of medium reviews are in Word and 30% of long reviews are in Word. Suppose a recent review is randomly selected. (a) What is the probability that the selected review was submitted in Word format? (b) If the selected review was submitted in Word format, what are the posterior probabilities of it being short, medium, or long? (Round your answers to three decimal places.) short medium long
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There are three types of reviews i.e., short, medium and long.

Let E1 be the event that the review is short

E2 be the event that the review is medium

E3 be the event that the review is long

W be the event that the review is in word format

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