A manufacturer produces drink bottles using two machines

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

Problem

A manufacturer produces drink bottles using two machines. Machine A produces 60% of the bottles, and 3% of those it makes are defective. Machine B produces 40% of the bottles, and 5% of those it makes are defective. Find the probability that a defective bottle comes from: (1) machine A (2) machine B.

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