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Consider a company that assembles computers. The probability of a faulty
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Consider a company that assembles computers. The probability of a faulty assembly of any computer is $p$. The company therefore subjects each computer to a testing process. This testing process gives the correct result for any computer with a probability of $q$. What is the probability of a computer being declared faulty?
assembly of any computer is $p$. The company therefore subjects each
 
computer to a testing process. This testing process gives the correct result for
 
any computer with a probability of $q$. What is the probability of a computer
 
being declared faulty?
 
 
 
'''(A) $pq + (1 - p)(1 - q)$'''
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'''(A) $pq + (1 - p)(1 - q)$'''
 
 
(B) $(1 - q)p$
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(B) $(1 - q)p$
 
 
(C) $(1 - q)p$
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(C) $(1 - q)p$
 
 
(D) $pq$
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(D) $pq$
  
 
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Revision as of 12:04, 14 July 2014

Consider a company that assembles computers. The probability of a faulty assembly of any computer is $p$. The company therefore subjects each computer to a testing process. This testing process gives the correct result for any computer with a probability of $q$. What is the probability of a computer being declared faulty?

(A) $pq + (1 - p)(1 - q)$

(B) $(1 - q)p$

(C) $(1 - q)p$

(D) $pq$

Solution by Happy Mittal

P(declared faulty) 
= P(actually faulty)*P(declared faulty|actually faulty) +  P(not faulty)*P(declared faulty|not faulty) 
= $p*q + (1-p)*(1-q)$

So, option (A) is correct.




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Consider a company that assembles computers. The probability of a faulty assembly of any computer is $p$. The company therefore subjects each computer to a testing process. This testing process gives the correct result for any computer with a probability of $q$. What is the probability of a computer being declared faulty?

(A) $pq + (1 - p)(1 - q)$

(B) $(1 - q)p$

(C) $(1 - q)p$

(D) $pq$

Solution by Happy Mittal[edit]

P(declared faulty) 
= P(actually faulty)*P(declared faulty|actually faulty) +  P(not faulty)*P(declared faulty|not faulty) 
= $p*q + (1-p)*(1-q)$

So, option (A) is correct.




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