Question

A consumer electronics company is considering marketing a new model of TV screen. In the past 40% of the TV screens marketed by the company have been successful. Before marketing the latest screen, the marketing research department conducts an extensive study. The report will be either favorable or unfavorable to the introduction. In the past, 80% of the successful TV screens had gotten a favorable report, and 30% of the unsuccessful screens had gotten a favorable report.

1. What are the prior probabilities (use unconditional probability notation)?
2. What are the given conditional probabilities (use conditional probability notation)?
3. What is the resulting probability tree? (see video lecture. Your book uses a table. They are equivalent, but the tree is shorter and more mechanical to implement.)
4. Use the tree above to find the probability that the new screen will be successful if the marketing research issues a favorable report. (hint: put all the English wording into notation. They will involve conditional probabilities. Use the definition of conditional probability and the tree to find the necessary conditional probabilities).
5. Use the tree above to find the probability that the new screen will be successful if the marketing research issues an unfavorable report? Use the probability tree above to work out your answer.

Answer 1

Answer: The answer is attached

Step-by-step explanation:

Probability is the likelihood or the chance of an occurrence of an event happening. Probability is the number of ways to achieve success in a total number of possible outcomes.

The calculation for the above question is attached