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"Jason inherited a piece of land from his great-uncle. Owners in the area claim that there is a 45% chance that the land has oil. Jason decides to test the land for oil. He buys a kit that claims to have
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"Jason inherited a piece of land from his great-uncle. Owners in the area claim that there is a 45% chance that the land has oil. Jason decides to test the land for oil. He buys a kit that claims to have an 80% accuracy rate of indicating oil in the soil. What is the probability that the land has no oil and the test shows that it has oil?
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Well, if we proceed to plan the problem like this:
A = the land has oil B = the kit is not accurate P(A and B) = P(A) * P(B)
Then we can say that
(0.45)(1−0.80)=(0.45)(0.20)=0.09
So the answer will be the first one.
I hope this can help you
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