1. A firm rents out cars and operates from three locations - the Airport, the Beach and the City. Customers may return vehicles to any of the three locations. The company estimates that the probability of a car being returned to each location is as follows: Car returned to Car hired from Airport Beach City Airport 1 4 Beach City 3 0 4 3 3 Figure 1: Table of car-hire data. The firm has been running for many years with a fleet of 25 cars, of which 10 are currently on hire. How many of the other cars would you expect to be parked at each of the three locations? Explain your answer clearly.
1. A firm rents out cars and operates from three locations - the Airport, the Beach and the City. Customers may return vehicles to any of the three locations. The company estimates that the probability of a car being returned to each location is as follows: Car returned to Car hired from Airport Beach City Airport 1 4 Beach City 3 0 4 3 3 Figure 1: Table of car-hire data. The firm has been running for many years with a fleet of 25 cars, of which 10 are currently on hire. How many of the other cars would you expect to be parked at each of the three locations? Explain your answer clearly.
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Chapter11: Data Analysis And Probability
Section11.8: Probabilities Of Disjoint And Overlapping Events
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