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At my favorite fishing hole, the probability that conditions are perfect is .76. The probability that I catch fish given that fishing conditions are perfect is .84. The probability that I do not catch fish given that fishing conditions are not perfect is .07. Use this information to answer the following two questions. What is the probability of catching a fish?

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Answer:

The required probability is 0.8616

Explanation:

Consider the provided information.

It is given that the probability that conditions are perfect is 0.76 and The probability that I catch fish given that fishing conditions are perfect is .84.

Let A is the event represented by conditions are perfect and B is i catch fish.

Thus P(A)=0.76 and P(B|A) = 0.84,

Also, it is given that the probability that I do not catch fish given that fishing conditions are not perfect is .07.

The above statement is converse of P(B|A) so represent it as P(B'|A') = 0.07

According to complement rule:

P(A') = 1-P(A) = 0.24

P(B|A') = 1-P(B'|A') = 1-0.07=0.93

We need to find the probability of catching a fish.

The probability of catching a fish is:

There are two case: If conditions are in favor and i caught a fish, or If conditions are not in favor but still i caught a fish.

P(B)=P(A)×P(B|A)+P(A')×P(B|A')

P(B)= 0.76×0.84+0.24×0.93

P(B)= 0.6384+0.2232

P(B)= 0.8616

Hence, the required probability is 0.8616

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