Christine has always been weak in mathematics. Based on her performance prior to
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Christine has always been weak in mathematics. Based on her performance prior to the final exam in Calculus, there is a 66% chance that she will fail the course if she does not have a tutor. With a tutor, her probability of failing decreases to 36%. There is only a 76% chance that she will find a tutor at such short notice.
What is the probability that Christine fails the course? (Round your answer to 4 decimal places.)
Christine ends up failing the course. What is the probability that she had found a tutor? (Round your answer to 4 decimal places.)
Christine has always been weak in mathematics. Based on her performance prior to the final exam in Calculus, there is a 66% chance that she will fail the course if she does not have a tutor. With a tutor, her probability of failing decreases to 36%. There is only a 76% chance that she will find a tutor at such short notice.
Explanation / Answer
PART A:
We can write the given details.
24 % No tutor(100-76) - 66% chance of fail with no tutor.
66/10=0.66 chance of fail with no tutor.
1-0.66= 0.34 chance of pass with no tutor.
36%=0.36 =chance of fail with tutor.
1-0.36=0.64 = Chance of pass with Tutor.
There are two ways she can fail:
No tutor and fail (0.24 * 0.66)
Tutor and fail (0.76 * 0.36)
Add these together:
P(fail) = (0.24 * 0.66) + (0.76 * 0.36)
P(fail)= 0.432
P(fail)= 43.2%
PART B:
The chance she failed with a tutor is:
(0.76 * 0.36) = 0.2736
We want the probability that she had a tutor given she failed. We just need to divide this result by the probability of failing either way (already figured in PART A).
Therefore, the conditional probability she found a tutor, given she failed is:
P(tutor | failed) = P(tutor and failed) / P(failed)
= 0.2736 / 0.432
=0.633
63.3%
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