A building contractor buys 70% of his cement from supplier A and 30% from supplier B. A total of 70% of the bags from A arrive undamaged, while 90% of the bags from B arrive undamaged. Find the probability that an undamaged bag is from supplier B. The probability is nothing. (Type an integer or decimal rounded to four decimal places as needed.)

A building contractor buys 70% of his cement from supplier A and 30% from supplier B. A total of 70% of the bags from A arrive undamaged, while 90% of the bags from B arrive undamaged. Find the probability that an undamaged bag is from supplier B. The probability is nothing. (Type an integer or decimal rounded to four decimal places as needed.)

Advanced Engineering Mathematics

10th Edition

ISBN:9780470458365

Author:Erwin Kreyszig

Publisher:Erwin Kreyszig

Chapter2: Second-order Linear Odes

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A building contractor buys

70%

of his cement from supplier A and

30%

from supplier B. A total of

70%

of the bags from A arrive undamaged, while

90%

of the bags from B arrive undamaged. Find the probability that

undamaged

bag is from supplier

The probability is

nothing.

(Type an integer or decimal rounded to four decimal places as needed.)

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