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A factory has a total of three manufacturing units, , and , which produce bulbs independent of each other. The units , and produce bulbs in the proportions of , respectively. It is known that of the bulbs produced in the factory are defective. It is also known that, of all the bulbs produced by are defective. Suppose that, if a randomly chosen bulb produced in the factory is found to be defective, the probability that it was produced by is . If a bulb is chosen randomly from the bulbs produced by , then the probability that it is defective is .
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Correct answer: 0.27TO0.33
- Set the production probabilities
The three units produce bulbs in the ratio . So, if a bulb is chosen at random from the factory output,
Let denote the event that a bulb is defective.
Given:
Also given:
- Find using Bayes' theorem
By Bayes' theorem, Substitute the known values: Since , Hence,
- Use total probability to find
Let
Using the law of total probability,
Substitute the values:
Compute: So,
- Final answer
Therefore, the probability that a bulb chosen from is defective is
- Comparison with stored correct answer
Stored correct answer:
Our answer lies in this range, so it agrees with the stored answer.
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