A factory uses three production lines to manufacture cans

Problem 91E Answer: Step1: We have A factory uses three production lines to manufacture cans of a certain type. The accompanying table gives percentages of nonconforming cans, categorized by type of non conformance, for each of the three lines during a particular time period. Line 1 Line 2 Line 3 Blemish 15 12 20 Crack 50 44 40 Pull-Tab Problem 21 28 24 Surface Defect 10 8 15 Other 4 8 2 During this period, line 1 produced 500 nonconforming cans, line 2 produced 400 such cans, and line 3 was responsible for 600 nonconforming cans. Suppose that one of these 1500 cans is randomly selected. We need to find, a. What is the probability that the can was produced by line 1 That the reason for nonconformance is a crack b. If the selected can came from line 1, what is the probability that it had a blemish c. Given that the selected can had a surface defect, what is the probability that it came from line 1 Step2: a). Total cans = 500+400+600 = 1500. Nonconforming cans produced by line 1 is 500 Now, The probability that the can was produced by line 1 is given by P(the can was produced by line 1 =Nonconforming cans produced by line 1 500 total cans = 1500 = 0.3333 Consider, Line 1 Line 2 Line 3 Blemish