Each bag in a large box contains 25 tulip bulbs. It is known that 60% of the

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Each bag in a large box contains 25 tulip bulbs. It is known that 60% of the bags contain bulbs for 5 red and 20 yellow tulips, while the remaining 40% of the bags contain bulbs for 15 red and 10 yellow tulips. A bag is selected at random and a bulb taken at random from this bag is planted.
(a) What is the probability that it will be a yellow tulip?
(b) Given that it is yellow, what is the conditional probability it comes from a bag that contained 5 red and 20 yellow bulbs?

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Introduction To Mathematical Statistics

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Authors: Robert V., Joseph W. McKean, Allen T. Craig

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