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There are 3 car mechanics. They all fix a number of cars each year. Each mechanic...

There are 3 car mechanics. They all fix a number of cars each year. Each mechanic (Mike, John, and Nick) have an rate for failing car parts. Find the probability that a car part fails. Hint. rate # of failed cars/ car work per person i.e. 2/40 for Mike.

Mechanic Portion of Car Work # of failed cars
Mike 40 2
John 10 3
Nick 50 4

Also, if the car part fails, find the probability that the car was produced by

A. Mike

B. John

C. Nick

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Expert Solution

a)

P(car part fails) = P(part fails|it is fixed by mike) +P(part fails|it is fixed by john) + P(part fails|it is fixed by nick)

                              = 2/40 + 3/10 + 4/50

                              = 43/100            

                              = 0.43

b)

i)

P(it is fixed by mike | car part fails) = (2/40)/0.43                                                           

                                                                           = 5/43

ii)

P(it is fixed by john | car part fails) = (3/10)/0.43

                                                                           = 30/43

iii)

P(it is fixed by nick | car part fails) = (4/50)/0.43

                                                                           = 8/43


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