Log In a survey of a town, 63% of residents own a car, 20% of residents own a truck, and 4% of residents own both a car and a tr

Question

3 years ago

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uck. What is the conditional probability that a person who owns a car also owns a truck? Round to the nearest whole number.

1 answer:

yan [13] · Answer 1 · 2022-08-11T14:12:43+03:00

yan [13]3 years ago

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Answer:

6%

Step-by-step explanation:

Let T= truck

C= Car

We are looking for the probability that someone owns a truck given that they own a car

or

P(T|C)

The conditional probability formula is as follows:

P(T|C)=(T∩C)/C

plugging in numbers..

.04/.63=6.3492% which rounds to 6%