Three machinesA, B, and Care used to produce a large quantity of identical parts at a factory.

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Three machines—A, B, and C—are used to produce a large quantity of identical parts at a factory. Machine A produces 60% of the parts, while Machines B and C produce 30% and 10% of the parts, respectively. Historical records indicate that 10% of the parts produced by Machine A are defective, compared with 30% for Machine B and 40% for Machine C.

(a) Draw a tree diagram to represent this chance process.

(b) If we choose a part produced by one of these three machines, what’s the probability that it’s defective?

Show your work.

(c) If a part is inspected and found to be defective, which machine is most likely to have produced it?

Give appropriate evidence to support your answer.

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The Practice Of Statistics

ISBN: 9781464108730

5th Edition

Authors: Daren S. Starnes, Josh Tabor

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