Bean seeds from supplier A have an 85% germination rate and those from supplier B have a 75% germination rate.

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Bean seeds from supplier A have an 85% germination rate and those from supplier B have a 75% germination rate. A seed-packaging company purchases 40% of its bean seeds from supplier A and 60% from supplier B and mixes these seeds together.
(a) Find the probability P(G) that a seed selected at random from the mixed seeds will germinate.
(b) Given that a seed germinates, find the probability that the seed was purchased from supplier A.

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Probability and Statistical Inference

ISBN: 978-0321923271

9th edition

Authors: Robert V. Hogg, Elliot Tanis, Dale Zimmerman

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