Respuesta :
The conditional probability that the carbon emission is beyond the permissible emission level and the test predicts this is given by:
a. 0.2975.
What is Conditional Probability?
Conditional probability is the probability of one event happening, considering a previous event. The formula is:
[tex]P(B|A) = \frac{P(A \cap B)}{P(A)}[/tex]
In which:
- P(B|A) is the probability of event B happening, given that A happened.
- [tex]P(A \cap B)[/tex] is the probability of both A and B happening.
- P(A) is the probability of A happening.
In this problem, we have that the events are as follows:
- Event A: Carbon emission beyond the permissible emission level.
- Event B: Test predicts this.
We have that 35% of the units have carbon emission beyond the permissible emission level, and the test is 85% accurate, hence:
[tex]P(A) = 0.35, P(B|A) = 0.85[/tex]
Then:
[tex]P(B|A) = \frac{P(A \cap B)}{P(A)}[/tex]
[tex]0.85 = \frac{P(A \cap B)}{0.35}[/tex]
[tex]P(A \cap B) = 0.85(0.35) = 0.2975[/tex]
Which means that option a is correct.
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