Tuff Rubbers, a tire manufacturer, knows that 5% of the tires it produces are defective. To reduce the number of defective tires that make it to market, the manufacturer uses a special device to test each tire before shipping it out. The test will correctly detect a defective tire 97% of the time. However, the test will incorrectly indicate a good quality tire is defective 6% of the time. If the test indicates a tire is defective, the tire is recycled. Otherwise, the tire makes it to market. Let D represent the event a tire is defective, and T represent the event the test indicates a tire is defective. In each part of this question, express each probability only in terms of the events D and T and justify any computation by explicitly stating the formula you are using. (a) Express each of the three probabilities listed above in terms of the events D and T. (b) What percentage of tires are recycled? (c) What percentage of recycled tires are not defective? (d) What percentage of defective tires make it to market?
Tuff Rubbers, a tire manufacturer, knows that 5% of the tires it produces are defective. To reduce the number of defective tires that make it to market, the manufacturer uses a special device to test each tire before shipping it out. The test will correctly detect a defective tire 97% of the time. However, the test will incorrectly indicate a good quality tire is defective 6% of the time. If the test indicates a tire is defective, the tire is recycled. Otherwise, the tire makes it to market. Let D represent the
(a) Express each of the three probabilities listed above in terms of the events D and T.
(b) What percentage of tires are recycled?
(c) What percentage of recycled tires are not defective?
(d) What percentage of defective tires make it to market?
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