Discrete Mathematics and Its Applications, Seventh Edition

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Chapter 7 - Section 7.3 - Bayes' Theorem - Exercises - Page 476: 13

Answer

$\frac{3}{17}$

Work Step by Step

By using Baye's theorem, we get $P(F_{1}|E)=\frac{P(F_{1})P(E|F_{1})}{P(F_{1})P(E|F_{1})+P(F_{2})P(E|F_{2})+P(F_{3})P(E|F_{3})}=\frac{\frac{1}{4}\times\frac{1}{8}}{\frac{1}{4}\times\frac{1}{8}+\frac{1}{4}\times\frac{1}{4}+\frac{1}{2}\times\frac{1}{6}}=\frac{3}{17}$
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