An oil company purchased an option on land in Alaska. Preliminary geologic studies assigned the following prior probabilities. P(high-quality oil) = 0.65 P(medium-quality oil) = 0.20 P(no oil) 0.15

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(b) After 200 feet of drilling on the first well, a soil test is taken. The probabilities of finding the particular type of soil identified by the test are as follows.
P(soil | high-quality oil) = 0.20
P(soil | medium-quality oil) = 0.80
P(soil | no oil) = 0.20
Transcribed Image Text:(b) After 200 feet of drilling on the first well, a soil test is taken. The probabilities of finding the particular type of soil identified by the test are as follows. P(soil | high-quality oil) = 0.20 P(soil | medium-quality oil) = 0.80 P(soil | no oil) = 0.20
An oil company purchased an option on land in Alaska. Preliminary geologic studies assigned the following prior probabilities.
P(high-quality oil) = 0.65
0.20
P(no oil) = 0.15
P(medium-quality oil)
Transcribed Image Text:An oil company purchased an option on land in Alaska. Preliminary geologic studies assigned the following prior probabilities. P(high-quality oil) = 0.65 0.20 P(no oil) = 0.15 P(medium-quality oil)
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Given that

P(high-quality oil)=0.65P(medium-quality oil)=0.20P(no oil)=0.15

The conditional probabilities is displayed below.

P(soil|high-quality oil)=0.20P(soil|medium-quality oil)=0.80P(soil|no oil)=0.20

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