A building contractor buys 90% of his cement from supplier A and 10% from supplier B. A total of 75% of the bags from A arrive undamaged, while 70% of the bags from B arrive undamaged. Find the probability that a damaged bag is from supplier A.

A building contractor buys 90% of his cement from supplier A and 10% from supplier B. A total of 75% of the bags from A arrive undamaged, while 70% of the bags from B arrive undamaged. Find the probability that a damaged bag is from supplier A.

A First Course in Probability (10th Edition)

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A building contractor buys

90%

of his cement from supplier A and

10%

from supplier B. A total of

75%

of the bags from A arrive undamaged, while

70%

of the bags from B arrive undamaged. Find the probability that

damaged

bag is from supplier

The probability is

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