A vending machine contains 1000 lollipops. Some of the lollipops are red, and the others are blue. You don’t know how many there are of each color. However, you do know that these two alternatives are equally likely. There are 900 blue lollipops and 100 red ones. There are 500 blue lollipops and 500 red ones. When you put a coin into the vending machine, it gives you a lollipop, chosen at random. Suppose that it gives you a blue lollipop. What is the probability that there are 900 blue lollipops and 100 red ones? Show how you got the answer.

A vending machine contains 1000 lollipops. Some of the lollipops are red, and the others are blue. You don’t know how many there are of each color. However, you do know that these two alternatives are equally likely. There are 900 blue lollipops and 100 red ones. There are 500 blue lollipops and 500 red ones. When you put a coin into the vending machine, it gives you a lollipop, chosen at random. Suppose that it gives you a blue lollipop. What is the probability that there are 900 blue lollipops and 100 red ones? Show how you got the answer.

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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