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Q. 7.     An insurance company insured 2000 scooter drivers, 4000 car drivers and 6000 truck drivers. The probability of an accidents are 0.01,0.03 , and 0.15 respectively. One of the insured persons meets with an accident. What is the probability that he is a scooter driver?

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Let  A : scooter drivers = 2000

       B : car drivers = 4000

       C : truck drivers = 6000

       Total drivers = 12000

P(A)=\frac{2000}{12000}=\frac{1}{6}=0.16

P(B)=\frac{4000}{12000}=\frac{1}{3}=0.33

P(C)=\frac{6000}{12000}=\frac{1}{2}=0.5

  D : the event that person meets with an accident.

  P(D|A)= 0.01

P(D|B)= 0.03

P(D|C)= 0.15

P(A|D)=\frac{P(A).P(D|A)}{P(B).P(D|B)+P(A).P(D|A)+P(C).P(D|C)}

 P(A|D)= \frac{0.16\times 0.01}{0.16\times 0.01+0.33\times 0.03+0.5\times 0.15}

P(A|D)= \frac{0.0016}{0.0016+0.0099+0.075}

P(A|D)= \frac{0.0016}{0.0865}

P(A|D)= 0.019

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