Two machines produce the same type of product. The older machine produces 35% of the total output but eight in every hundred are normally defective. The newer machine produces 65% of the total output and two in every hundred are normally defective. Determine the probability that a defective product picked at random was produced by the older machine.

Two machines produce the same type of product. The older machine produces 35% of the total output but eight in every hundred are normally defective. The newer machine produces 65% of the total output and two in every hundred are normally defective. Determine the probability that a defective product picked at random was produced by the older machine.

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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