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raketka [301]
3 years ago
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Jason inherited a piece of land from his great-uncle. Owners in the area claim that there is a 45% chance that the land has oil.

Jason decides to test the land for oil. He buys a kit that claims to have an 80% accuracy rate of indicating oil in the soil. What is the probability that the land has oil and the test predicts it? 0.09 0.11 0.36 0.44
Mathematics
2 answers:
Sav [38]3 years ago
6 0

Answer:

C. 0.36

Step-by-step explanation:

We have been given that owners in the area claim that there is a 45% chance that the land has oil. Jason buys a kit that claims to have an 80% accuracy rate of indicating oil in the soil. We are asked to find the probability that the land has oil and the test predicts it.

P(\text{Land has oil})=\frac{45}{100}=0.45

P(\text{Test predicts that land has oil})=\frac{80}{100}=0.80

Since both events are independent, so probability that land has oil and test predicts will be product of probabilities both events.

P(\text{Land has oil and Test predicts it})=0.45\times 0.80

P(\text{Land has oil and Test predicts it})=0.36

Therefore, the probability that the land has oil and the test predicts it would be 0.36 and option C is the correct choice.

Ierofanga [76]3 years ago
5 0
Since it is stated that the machine he bought only predict about 80%. Thus, about 20% are still possible that there are oils in the land that he owned.
In a 100% value = 80% were the 0 possibillites detected by the machine and 20% are still the possibility that it has an oil.
=> 80% = 0.80
=> 20% = 0.20
In the given choices. letter B has the closest value to the 20% that we expected.
Thus, let's have B as an answer.
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