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A factory has in it five machines, A, B, C, D, and E that produce Smart...

A factory has in it five machines, A, B, C, D, and E that produce Smart Pencils.

Machine A produces 5 % of the factory's output with a 2 % defective rate.

Machine B produces 10 % of the factory's output with a 3 % defective rate.

Machine C produces 25 % of the factory's output with a 4 % defective rate.

Machine D produces 3 0% of the factory's output with a 5 % defective rate.

Machine E produces 3 0% of the factory's output with a 6 % defective rate.

A pencil is selected at random and found to be defective. What is the probability it was produced by Machine A?

A pencil is selected at random and found to be defective.

What is the probability it was produced by Machine A or E?

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P(A) : Probability that a randomly selected pencil is produced by Machine A = 5/100=0.05

P(B) : Probability that a randomly selected pencil is produced by Machine A = 10/100=0.10

P(C) : Probability that a randomly selected pencil is produced by Machine A = 25/100=0.25

P(D) : Probability that a randomly selected pencil is produced by Machine A = 30/100=0.30

P(E) : Probability that a randomly selected pencil is produced by Machine A = 30/100=0.30

X: Event of a randomly selected pencil found to be defective

P(X|A) = Probability that the randomly selected pencil found to be defective given that it was produced by Machine A = 2/100 =0.02

P(X|B) = Probability that the randomly selected pencil found to be defective given that it was produced by Machine B = 3/100 =0.03

P(X|C) = Probability that the randomly selected pencil found to be defective given that it was produced by Machine C = 4/100 =0.04

P(X|D) = Probability that the randomly selected pencil found to be defective given that it was produced by Machine D = 5/100 =0.05

P(X|E) = Probability that the randomly selected pencil found to be defective given that it was produced by Machine E = 6/100 =0.06

A pencil is selected at random and found to be defective, probability it was produced by Machine A = P(A|X)

By Bayes theorem,

P(A)P(X|A) = 0.05 x 0.02 =0.001

P(B)P(X|B) = 0.10 x 0.03 =0.003

P(C)P(X|C) = 0.25 x 0.04 =0.01

P(D)P(X|D) =0.30 x 0.05 =0.015

P(E)P(X|E) =0.30 x 0.06 =0.018

A pencil is selected at random and found to be defective, probability it was produced by Machine A = 1/47 = 0.021276596

A pencil is selected at random and found to be defective. probability it was produced by Machine A or E

= P((A or E)|X)

As A and E are mutually exclusive, if a selected pencil is produced by machine A, it can not be produced by machine E

Therefore,

P((A or E)|X) = P(A|X) + P(E|X)

P((A or E)|X) = P(A|X) + P(E|X) = 1/47 + 18/47 =19/47 = 0.404255319

A pencil is selected at random and found to be defective. probability it was produced by Machine A or E =19/47=0.404255319

orchestra answered 10 months ago

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