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bag one contain 4 defective and 16 not defective mobile phones bag 2 contains 1 defective and 1 non defective mobile phones quality control manager tosses a coin and selects a mobile phone from bag 1 if it comes up head otherwise he selects a mobile from bag 2 what will be the probability that the selected phone is defective |
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Answer» Given : bag one contain 4 defective and 16 not defective mobile PHONES bag 2 contains 1 defective and 1 NON defective mobile phones quality control manager tosses a coin and selects a mobile phone from bag 1 if it comes up head otherwise he selects a mobile from bag 2 To Find : probability that the selected phone is defective Solution: Probability of Head = 1/2 Probability of other wise = 1 - 1/2 = 1/2 selects a mobile phone from bag 1 if it comes up head bag 1 contain 4 defective and 16 not defective mobile phones Total phone = 4 + 16 = 20 Probability of defective from bag 1 = 4/20 = 1/5 Over all probability of defective from bag 1 = (1/2)(1/5) = 1/10 selects a mobile phone from bag 2 if it does not comes up head bag 2 contain 1 defective and 1 not defective mobile phones Total Phones = 1 + 1 = 2 Probability of defective from bag 2 = 1/2 Over all probability of defective from bag 2 = (1/2)(1/2) = 1/4 probability that the selected phone is defective = 1/10 + 1/4 = ( 2 + 5)/20 = 7/20 7/20 will be the probability that the selected phone is defective Learn More: A pair of fair DICE is thrown independently four times. The probability ... A pair of dice is thrown together till a sum of 4 or 8 is obtained. The ... |
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