In a city, of residents live in urban areas ( ) and the rest live in rural areas ( ).…

MATHEMATICS · Multi-part · CBSE · Mathematics · Probability · Probability

Problem

In a city,

55\%

of residents live in urban areas (

U

) and the rest live in rural areas (

R

). Let

A

be the event that a resident owns a private car. It is known that

P(A\mid U)=0.40

and that the overall probability a resident owns a car is

0.34

. (i) Find

P(A\mid R)

. (ii) Write a short interpretation of the value obtained in part (i).