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At a car and truck dealership the probability that a vehicle is white is 0.25 the probability that it is a pickup truck is 0.15 the probability that it is a white pickup truck is 0.06 what is the probability that a vehicle is white given that the vehicle is a pick up truck round your answer to two decimal points

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Answer:

0.40

Explanation:

User Arraval
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Step-by-step Answer:

Given:

W=vehicle is White

T=vehicle is a pick-up Truck

P(W and T)=0.06

P(W)=0.25

P(T)=0.15

We need the conditional probability that a vehicle is white, given that it is a pick-up truck:

P(W | T)

= P(W and T) / P(T)

= 0.06 / 0.15

=0.4

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