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The firm that manufactures patriot missiles purchases the guidance circuits from three different suppliers. Supplier A provides 30% of the guidance circuits and those circuits have a fault probability of pA =0.02, whereas the circuits from supplier B, which provides 25% of those purchased, have a fault probability of pB =0.025. The guidance circuits purchased from supplier C have pC =0.01. If a batch of 200 missiles is fired during a particular strategic offensive and three of the missiles fail to track to target, what is the probability that the batch of missiles contained guidance circuits obtained from supplier B?
P[ manufactures patriot missiles purchases the guidance circuits from supplier A ] = P[ A ] = 30% = 0.3
P[ manufactures patriot missiles purchases the guidance circuits from supplier B ] = P[ B ] = 25% = 0.25
P[ manufactures patriot missiles purchases the guidance circuits from supplier C ] = P[ C ] = 1 - P[ A ] - P[ B ] = 1 - 0.3 - 0.25 = 1 - 0.55 = 0.45
Let, F be the event that circuits have a fault
P[ circuits have a fault | manufactures patriot missiles purchases the guidance circuits from supplier A ] = P[ F | A ] = 0.02
P[ circuits have a fault | manufactures patriot missiles purchases the guidance circuits from supplier B ] = P[ F | B ] = 0.025
P[ circuits have a fault | manufactures patriot missiles purchases the guidance circuits from supplier C ] = P[ F | C ] = 0.01
P[ circuits have a fault ] = P[ F ] = P[ F | A ]*P[ A ] + P[ F | B ]*P[ B ] + P[ F | C ]*P[ C ]
P[ circuits have a fault ] = P[ F ] = 0.02*0.3 + 0.025*0.25 + 0.01*0.45
P[ circuits have a fault ] = P[ F ] = 0.006 + 0.0625 + 0.0045
P[ circuits have a fault ] = P[ F ] = 0.073
P[ missiles fail to track to target, what is the probability that the batch of missiles contained guidance circuits obtained from supplier B ] = P[ B | F ]
P[ B | F ] = ( P[ F | B ]*P[ B ] )/P[ F ]
P[ B | F ] = 0.025*0.25 / 0.073
P[ B | F ] = 0.0625/0.073
P[ B | F ] = 0.8562
P[ missiles fail to track to target, what is the probability that the batch of missiles contained guidance circuits obtained from supplier B ] = 0.8562