A company receives large shipments of parts from two sources. Seventy percent of the shipments come from

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A company receives large shipments of parts from two sources. Seventy percent of the shipments come from a supplier whose shipments typically contain 10%

defectives, while the remainder are from a supplier whose shipments typically contain 20% defectives. A manager receives a shipment but does not know the source. A random sample of 20 items from this shipment is tested, and 1 of the parts is found to be defective.

What is the probability that this shipment came from the more reliable supplier? (Hint: Use Bayes’

theorem.)

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Statistics For Business And Economics

ISBN: 9781292436845

10th Global Edition

Authors: Paul Newbold, William Carlson, Betty Thorne

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