On any day, the probability that a boy eats his prepared lunch is 0:5. the probability that his sister eats her lunch is 0:6. the probability that the girl eats her lunch given that the boy eats his is 0:9. determine the probability that:

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Kobe Ayala

22 January, 02:08

On any day, the probability that a boy eats his prepared lunch is 0:5. the probability that his sister eats her lunch is 0:6. the probability that the girl eats her lunch given that the boy eats his is 0:9. determine the probability that:

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Raelynn Wu · Answer 1

Y it is right. Apparently the answer to a) is 920

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because since the boy ate his lunch, the girls probability of eating is 0.9 and if you multiply the two probabilities you get 920

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. However this does not seem to take into account the possibility that the girl ate her lunch first, in which case the probability of both eating is 310

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10

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