Drunks Police often set up sobriety checkpoints roadblocks where drivers are asked a few

Chapter 14, Problem 51

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Drunks Police often set up sobriety checkpoints roadblocks where drivers are asked a few brief questions to allow the officer to judge whether or not the person may have been drinking. If the officer does not suspect a problem, drivers are released to go on their way. Otherwise, drivers are detained for a Breathalyzer test that will determine whether or not they will be arrested. The police say that based on the brief initial stop, trained officers can make the right decision 80% of the time. Suppose the police operate a sobriety checkpoint after 9 p.m. on a Saturday night, a time when national traffic safety experts suspect that about 12% of drivers have been drinking a) You are stopped at the checkpoint and, of course, have not been drinking. Whats the probability that you are detained for further testing? b) Whats the probability that any given driver will be detained? c) Whats the probability that a driver who is detained has actually been drinking? d) Whats the probability that a driver who was released had actually been drinking?

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