document.write( "Question 1040009: Please help: I believe the answers I put in are correct, but do not understand PART D? Please provide step by step breakdown of how the answers were derived.\r
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document.write( "Bayes' theorem on conditional probabilities states that, if P(B) is not 0, then
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document.write( "Yesterday car lot Alpha had four Toyotas and one Chevrolet for sale. Car lot Beta had three Toyotas and five Chevrolets for sale. This morning Alan bought a car, choosing one of the two lots at random and then choosing a car at random from that lot.\r
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document.write( "What is the probability that Alan bought from Alpha? Leave your answer as a fraction in simplest form.\r
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document.write( "The probability that Alan bought from Alpha is 1/2\r
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document.write( "If Alan bought from Alpha, what is the probability he bought a Toyota? Leave your answer as a fraction in simplest form.\r
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document.write( "The probability that he bought a Toyota is 4/5\r
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document.write( "If Alan bought from Beta, what is the probability he bought a Toyota? Leave your answer as a fraction in simplest form.\r
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document.write( "The probability that he bought a Toyota is 3/8 \r
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document.write( "It can be shown that the probability that Alan bought a Toyota is 25/48. What is the probability Alan bought from Alpha given that he bought a Toyota? Leave your answer as a fraction in simplest form.\r
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document.write( "The probability is ?????
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Algebra.Com's Answer #654779 by Boreal(15235)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! I agree with a, b, c answers. \n" ); document.write( "I don't agree with the 25/48, using the tree diagram below.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "A----------------B \n" ); document.write( "1/2---------------1/2 \n" ); document.write( "T----C-----------T-------C \n" ); document.write( "4/5---1/5--------3/8-----5/8 \n" ); document.write( "Probability of Toyota is 2/5+3/16=47/80\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "-------A-----------B--------T \n" ); document.write( "T-----4------------3--------7 \n" ); document.write( "C-----1------------5--------6 \n" ); document.write( "Tot----5------------8-------13 \n" ); document.write( "From the table, if he bought a Toyota, there is a 4/7 chance it came from A. \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " |