In: Statistics and Probability
Suppose that the balls in a large bucket of colored ping pong balls consist of 40% red balls, 50% green balls, and 10% yellow balls. Suppose that 5% of the red balls are dented, 2% of the green balls are dented, and 1% of the yellow balls are dented. Assume that all the balls are equally likely to be selected on a random draw from the bucket.
A) The probability that a randomly selected ping pong ball is dented =
B) Suppose that a randomly selected ball drawn from the bucket is dented. Given that the ball is dented, then the probability that its color is green =
Define the following events
We have the following probabilities
The probability that a randomly selected ball is red is
P(red) = 0.40
The probability that a randomly selected ball is green is
P(green)=0.50
The probability that a randomly selected ball is yellow is
P(yellow)=0.10
5% of the red balls are dented
The conditional probability of a ball being dented, given that it is red is
2% of the green balls are dented
The conditional probability of a ball being dented, given that it is green is
1% of the yellow balls are dented
The conditional probability of a ball being dented, given that it is yellow is
a) The probability that a randomly selected ping pong ball is dented is
ans: The probability that a randomly selected ping pong ball is dented is 0.031
b) Given that a randomly selected ball is dented, then the probability that its color is green is
ans: Given that the ball is dented, then the probability that its color is green = 0.3226