Suppose you have purchased a box of pancake mix at the grocery store. Pancake mix sold at the grocery store come from two distributors. The store receives 40% of their pancake mix from distributor X and 60% from distributor Y. A recent outbreak of e coli has required a recall of the pancake mix. If 2% of the mixes from distributor X are contaminated and 3.5% of the mixes from distributor Y are contaminated, what is the probability that you purchased a contaminated box of pancake mix? (Draw a probability tree.)

Suppose you have purchased a box of pancake mix at the grocery store. Pancake mix sold at the grocery store come from two distributors. The store receives 40% of their pancake mix from distributor X and 60% from distributor Y. A recent outbreak of e coli has required a recall of the pancake mix. If 2% of the mixes from distributor X are contaminated and 3.5% of the mixes from distributor Y are contaminated, what is the probability that you purchased a contaminated box of pancake mix? (Draw a probability tree.)

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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