
Statistics for Engineers and Scientists
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Author: William Navidi Prof.
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Chapter 2.3, Problem 32E
A quality-control program at a plastic bottle production line involves inspecting finished bottles for flaws such as microscopic holes. The proportion of bottles that actually have such a flaw is only 0.0002. If a bottle has a flaw, the
- a. If a bottle fails inspection, what is the probability that it has a flaw?
- b. Which of the following is the more correct interpretation of the answer to part (a)?
- i. Most bottles that fail inspection do not have a flaw.
- ii. Most bottles that pass inspection do have a flaw.
- c. If a bottle passes inspection, what is the probability that it does not have a flaw?
- d. Which of the following is the more correct interpretation of the answer to part (c)?
- i. Most bottles that fail inspection do have a flaw.
- ii. Most bottles that pass inspection do not have a flaw.
- e. Explain why a small probability in part (a) is not a problem, so long as the probability in part (c) is large.
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