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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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
1
Airport
Beach
City
1414 13
12 34 13
Figure 1: Table of car-hire data.
4
0
3
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.
Transcribed Image Text: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 1 Airport Beach City 1414 13 12 34 13 Figure 1: Table of car-hire data. 4 0 3 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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