Question 8 (1 point) In a particular sport, the home team wins the first game of

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Question 8 (1 point) In a particular sport, the home team wins the first game of a championship series 57% of the time. when the home team wins the first game of the series they have won the championship 72% of the time. If the home team loses the first game of the series they have won the championship 48% of the time. Assume that all of the said probabilities hold in the long run. Suppose you are about to watch the championship series between two teams that you know nothing about. What is the probability that the home team loses the first game, yet wins the championship? Write your answer as the exact decimal if the number is less than or equal to the ten- thousandths place, or round to the ten-thousandths place if the decimal is longer.

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here P(home team loses the frst game and wins the championship)

=P(loses first game)*P(wins the championship|loses first game)=(1-0.57)*0.48=0.2064

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