SOLUTION: Of people in a certain city who bought a new vehicle in the past year, 16% of them bought a hybrid vehicle, and 7% of them bought a hybrid truck. Given that a person bought a hybri

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Question 1019572: Of people in a certain city who bought a new vehicle in the past year, 16% of them bought a hybrid vehicle, and 7% of them bought a hybrid truck. Given that a person bought a hybrid vehicle, what is the probability that it was a truck?
Answer by robertb(5830) About Me  (Show Source):
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P(truck|hybrid) = P(hybrid truck)/P(hybrid) = 0.07/0.16 = 7/16.