Ken is considering entering a local fishing​ tournament, but his choice to enter depends somewhat on whether his​ rival, Billy, will enter the same fishing tournament. Ken thinks that he has a 0.40 probability of winning the fishing  tournament if Billy does not enter the​ tournament, and a 0.15 probability of winning if Billy does enter the fishing tournament.   If the probability

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Ken is considering entering a local fishing​ tournament, but his choice to enter depends somewhat on whether his​ rival, Billy, will enter the same fishing tournament. Ken thinks that he has a 0.40 probability of winning the fishing  tournament if Billy does not enter the​ tournament, and a 0.15 probability of winning if Billy does enter the fishing tournament.
 
If the probability that Billy enters the fishing tournament is 0.30​,
 
​a) find the probability that Ken wins the fishing tournament.
​b) If Ken does not win the fishing​ tournament, what is the probability that Billy did not enter the​ tournament?
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Given:
P(Ken wins | Billy enters) = 0.15
P(Ken wins | Billy does not enter) = 0.40
P(Billy enters) = 0.30
P(Billy does not enter) = 1 - P(Billy enters) = 1 - 0.30 = 0.70

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