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Svetach
1 month ago
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It is common in many industrial areas to use a filling machine to fill boxes full of product. This occurs in the food industry a

s well as other areas in which the product is used in the home, for example, detergent. These machines are not perfect, and indeed they may A, fill to specification, B, underfill, and C, overfill. Generally the practice of underfilling is that which one hopes to avoid. Let P(C) = 0.052 while P(A) = 0.940. (a) What is the probability that the box is underfilled, P(B)? (b) Find P(A ∩ B). (c) Are A and B mutually exclusive events? Why or why not? (d) Find P(A ∪ B). (e) What is the probability that the machine does not overfill? (f) What is the probability that the machine either overfills or underfills?
Mathematics
1 answer:
tester [12.3K]1 month ago
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Answer:

(a) P(B) = 0.008, (b) P(A∩B) = 0, (c) Yes, events A and B are mutually exclusive, (d) P(A∪B)=0.948, (e) 0.948, (f) 0.06

Step-by-step explanation:

We are considering three scenarios:

A: filling to specs

B: underfilling

C: overfilling

In probability theory, the total of mutually exclusive events needs to equal 1, therefore, we have:

(a) P(B) = 1 - P(A) - P(C) = 1 - 0.940 - 0.052 = 0.008

(b) P(A∩B) = the probability of filling to specification while simultaneously underfilling = 0, since both cannot occur together

(c) Yes, A and B are indeed mutually exclusive events, as it's impossible for a machine to fill to specs and underfill concurrently

(d) For mutually exclusive events, we find:

P(A∪B) = P(A) + P(B) = 0.940 + 0.008 = 0.948

(e) The probability that the machine does not overfill aligns with the probabilities of filling to specs and underfilling, i.e., P(A) + P(B) = 0.948, because not overfilling indicates either meeting specs or underfilling.

(f) The probability of either underfilling or overfilling is:

P(C∪B) = P(C) + P(B) = 0.052 + 0.008 = 0.06 since C and B are mutually exclusive.

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