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Mathematics · 2022 · 4 marks
CBSE 2022 · Region 5 · Set 2 · Q13
In a factory, machine A produces 30% of total output, machine B produces 25% and the machine C produces the remaining output. The defective items…
In a factory, machine A produces $\displaystyle 30$% of total output, machine B produces $\displaystyle 25$% and the machine C produces the remaining output. The defective items produced by machines A, B and C are $\displaystyle 1$%, $\displaystyle 1.2$%, $\displaystyle 2$% respectively. An item is picked at random from a day's output and found to be defective. Find the probability that it was produced by machine B? Case Study Based Question
Marking-scheme solution
\[\begin{aligned}
& E_{1}: \text { Item was produced by } A \\
& E_{2}: \text { Item was produced by } B \\
& E_{3}: \text { Item was produce by } C \\
& F: \text { Item was defective } \\
& P\left(E_{1}\right)=\frac{30}{100}, P\left(E_{2}\right)=\frac{25}{100}, P\left(E_{3}\right)=\frac{45}{100} \\
& P\left(F \mid E_{1}\right)=\frac{1}{100}, P\left(F \mid E_{2}\right)=\frac{1 \cdot 2}{100}, P\left(F \mid E_{3}\right)=\frac{2}{100} \\
& 2 \mid F)=\frac{P\left(E_{2}\right) P\left(F \mid E_{2}\right)}{P\left(E_{1}\right) P\left(F \mid E_{1}\right)+P\left(E_{2}\right) P\left(F \mid E_{2}\right)+P\left(E_{3}\right) P\left(F \mid E_{3}\right)} \\
& =\frac{\dfrac{25}{100} \times \dfrac{1 \cdot 2}{100}}{\dfrac{30}{100} \times \dfrac{1}{100}+\dfrac{25}{100} \times \dfrac{1.2}{100}+\dfrac{45}{100} \times \dfrac{2}{100}} \\
& =\frac{3}{3+3+9}=\frac{1}{5}
\end{aligned}
\]
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