document.write( "Question 86397: P(E1)=0.25, P(E2)= 0.75, P(F|E1)=0.05, p(F|E2)=0.12\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "A. 0.188
\n" ); document.write( "B. 0.878
\n" ); document.write( "C. 0.060
\n" ); document.write( "D. 0.370
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P(E1)=0.25
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\n" ); document.write( "p(F|E2)=0.12\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Find P(E2|F)=
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\n" ); document.write( "P(E2|F) = [P(E2 and F)]/P(F)
\n" ); document.write( "=[P(F|E2)*P(E2)]/P(F)
\n" ); document.write( "You know P(F|E2) and you know P(E2)
\n" ); document.write( "Need to find P(F)
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\n" ); document.write( "P(F) = P(F and E1) + P(F and E2)
\n" ); document.write( "= P(F|E1)*P(E1) + P(F|E2)*P(E2)
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\n" ); document.write( "Substituting you get:
\n" ); document.write( "P(E2|F) = (0.12*0.75)/[0.05*0.25+0.12*0.75]
\n" ); document.write( "= 0.09/0.1025
\n" ); document.write( "= 0.878
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