A farmer only grows apple and orange trees in his orchard. 40% of his trees are apple trees. He is concerned that a parasite may be infecting his trees. The probability of the parasite infecting a given apple tree is 5% and the probability of the parasite infecting a given orange tree is 3%. Please give your answers to 3 decimal places, for example 0.305. a) What proportion of his trees are infected by the parasite? Your answer is 1 b) Ifa given tree is not infected, what is the probability that this tree was an apple tree? Your answer is

A farmer only grows apple and orange trees in his orchard. 40% of his trees are apple trees. He is concerned that a parasite may be infecting his trees. The probability of the parasite infecting a given apple tree is 5% and the probability of the parasite infecting a given orange tree is 3%. Please give your answers to 3 decimal places, for example 0.305. a) What proportion of his trees are infected by the parasite? Your answer is 1 b) Ifa given tree is not infected, what is the probability that this tree was an apple tree? Your answer is

A First Course in Probability (10th Edition)

10th Edition

ISBN:9780134753119

Author:Sheldon Ross

Publisher:Sheldon Ross

Chapter1: Combinatorial Analysis

Section: Chapter Questions

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