Wednesday, September 14, 2011

Two different suppliers, A and B, provide a manufacturer with the same part. All suppliers of this part are kept in a large bin. In the past, 5 percent of the parts supplied by A and 9 percent of the parts supplied by B have been defective. A supplies four times as many parts as B. Suppose you reach into the bin and select a part and find it is non-defective. What is the probability that it was supplied by A?

 http://www.bilkent.edu.tr/~math250/Solution%20set2.pdf