A hospital obtains 40% of its flu vaccine from Company A,

Chapter 2, Problem 15E

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Problem 15E

A hospital obtains 40% of its flu vaccine from Company A, 50% from Company B, and 10% from Company C. From past experience, it is known that 3% of the vials from A are ineffective, 2%from B are ineffective, and 5% from C are ineffective. The hospital tests five vials from each shipment. If at least one of the five is ineffective, find the conditional probability of that shipment’s having come from C.

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QUESTION:

Problem 15E

A hospital obtains 40% of its flu vaccine from Company A, 50% from Company B, and 10% from Company C. From past experience, it is known that 3% of the vials from A are ineffective, 2%from B are ineffective, and 5% from C are ineffective. The hospital tests five vials from each shipment. If at least one of the five is ineffective, find the conditional probability of that shipment’s having come from C.

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Solution 15E

Step1 of 4:

We have,

Hospital obtains vaccine from company a = A

Hospital obtains vaccine from company b = B

Hospital obtains vaccine from company c = C

One of the 5 vials is ineffective = E0

We need to find the conditional probability of that shipment’s having come from C.

Step2 of 4:

From the given information we have,

P(A) = 40%

         = 0.4

P(B) = 50%

        = 0.5

P(C) = 10%

        = 0.1

Similarly,

We have

P(E/A) = [3%]

            =  [0.03]

            = 0.030.8852

            = 0.0265

Hence, P(E/A) = 0.0196

P(E/B) = [2%]

            =  [0.02]

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