Police plan to enforce speed limits by using radar traps at 4 different locations within the city limits. The radar traps at each of the locations L1, L2, L3 and L4 are operated 40%, 30%, 20%, and 30% of the time, and if a person who is speeding on his way to work has probabilities of 0.2, 0.1, 0.5, and 0.2, respectively, of passing through these locations. (1)what is the probability that he will receive a speeding ticket? (2)lf a person has got a speeding ticket, what is the probability that he speeded at location L3?

Police plan to enforce speed limits by using radar traps at 4 different locations within the city limits. The radar traps at each of the locations L1, L2, L3 and L4 are operated 40%, 30%, 20%, and 30% of the time, and if a person who is speeding on his way to work has probabilities of 0.2, 0.1, 0.5, and 0.2, respectively, of passing through these locations. (1)what is the probability that he will receive a speeding ticket? (2)lf a person has got a speeding ticket, what is the probability that he speeded at location L3?

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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