dagastinos is conducting a lottery and ships two boxes of game pieces to a store. Box A has 4% of its contents being winners, while 5% of the contents of Box B are winners. Box A contains 27% of the total lottery tickets. The contents of both boxes are mixed in a drawer and a ticket is chosen at random. find the probabilty it came from box A if it is a winner

dagastinos is conducting a lottery and ships two boxes of game pieces to a store. Box A has 4% of its contents being winners, while 5% of the contents of Box B are winners. Box A contains 27% of the total lottery tickets. The contents of both boxes are mixed in a drawer and a ticket is chosen at random. find the probabilty it came from box A if it is a winner

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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