SOLUTION: Twenty-five percent of cars that are inspected have faulty pollution control systems. The cost of repairing a pollution control system exceeds $125 about 20% of the time. Whe
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Question 1199305: Twenty-five percent of cars that are inspected have faulty pollution control systems. The cost of repairing a pollution control system exceeds $125 about 20% of the time. When a driver takes his car in for inspection, what is the probability that he will end up paying more than $125 to repair the pollution control system?
Answer by ikleyn(52800) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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Obviously, under given conditions, the probability is 0.25*0.2 = 0.05 = 5%. ANSWER
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