A knife manufacturer inserts the blade of the knife into a handle. The probability of a blade being defective is. 1 or 10%. The probability of a handle being defective is. 05 or 5%, The decision tree would reflect the following:

Path 1: blade defective; handle defective

path 2 blade defective; handle not defective

Path 3 blade not defective; handle defective

Path 4 blade not defective; handle not defective

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Alison Petty

27 September, 18:13

A knife manufacturer inserts the blade of the knife into a handle. The probability of a blade being defective is. 1 or 10%. The probability of a handle being defective is. 05 or 5%, The decision tree would reflect the following:

Path 1: blade defective; handle defective

path 2 blade defective; handle not defective

Path 3 blade not defective; handle defective

Path 4 blade not defective; handle not defective

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Merle · Answer 1

blade defective=.1 or 10%.

handle defective =.05 or 5%

Path 1: blade defective; handle defective

0.1*0.05 = 0.005

path 2 blade defective; handle not defective

0.1*0.95 = 0.095

Path 3 blade not defective; handle defective

0.9*0.05 = 0.045

Path 4 blade not defective; handle not defective

0.9*0.95 = 0.855