Example 1.15 You know that a certain letter is equally likely to be in any one of three different folders. Let a; be the probability that you will find your letter upon making a quick examination of folder i if the letter is, in fact, in folder i, i = 1, 2, 3. (We may have a; < 1.) Suppose you look in folder 1 and do not find the letter. What is the probability that the letter is in folder 1?

Example 1.15 You know that a certain letter is equally likely to be in any one of three different folders. Let a; be the probability that you will find your letter upon making a quick examination of folder i if the letter is, in fact, in folder i, i = 1, 2, 3. (We may have a; < 1.) Suppose you look in folder 1 and do not find the letter. What is the probability that the letter is in folder 1?

Algebra & Trigonometry with Analytic Geometry

13th Edition

ISBN:9781133382119

Author:Swokowski

Publisher:Swokowski

Chapter10: Sequences, Series, And Probability

Section10.8: Probability

Problem 32E

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