Q4 The winners of a provincial scholarship, as a condition of the scholarship, had to attend one of three provincial universities. Of those students on the scholarship, 40% attended Concordia, 40% attended McGill, and 20% attended Bishop’s. The probability that a scholarship student attending Concordia subsequently becoming rich is 0.4, attending McGill is 0.35, and attending Bishop’s is 0.2. If you meet one of these former scholarship students and learn they are rich, what is the probability that they attended Concordia?

Q4 The winners of a provincial scholarship, as a condition of the scholarship, had to attend one of three provincial universities. Of those students on the scholarship, 40% attended Concordia, 40% attended McGill, and 20% attended Bishop’s. The probability that a scholarship student attending Concordia subsequently becoming rich is 0.4, attending McGill is 0.35, and attending Bishop’s is 0.2. If you meet one of these former scholarship students and learn they are rich, what is the probability that they attended Concordia?

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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