Exactly two cab companies operate in Singapore. The Blue Company has blue cabs, and the Green Company has green cabs.?

2018-07-21 1:07 pm
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Exactly 85% of the cabs are blue and the other 15% are green. A cab was involved in a hit-and-run accident at night. A witness, Wilbur, identified the cab as Green cab. Careful tests were done to ascertain peoples' ability to distinguish between blue and green cabs at night.

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The tests showed that people were able to identify the colour correctly 80% of the time, but they were 20% of the time. Assuming each cab is equally likely to be involved in an accident, the probability that the cab involved in the accident was indeed a green cab?

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Pls explain with workings and method used if any. Thxs

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2018-07-21 2:21 pm
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The cab was blue or green , and a witness recognized the cab as blue or green , so 4 cases are thinkable .

Case1. The cab was a blue cab and he identified it correctly
The probability that the cab is blue is 85% , and he identifies it correctly with the probability of 80% .
So its total probability is 0.85 * 0.8 = 0.68 .

Case2. The cab was a blue cab and he identified it incorrectly
The probability that the cab is blue is 85% , and he identifies it incorrectly with the probability of 20% .
So its total probability is 0.85 * 0.2 = 0.17 .

Case3. The cab was a green cab and he identified it correctly
The probability that the cab is green is 15% , and he identifies it correctly with the probability of 80% .
So its total probability is 0.15 * 0.8 = 0.12 .

Case4. The cab was a green cab and he identified it incorrectly
The probability that the cab is green is 15% , and he identifies it incorrectly with the probability of 20% .
So its total probability is 0.15 * 0.2 = 0.03 .

But the witness Wilbur identified the car as green , so only case2 and case3 are possible .
Therefore the probability of case3 is 0.12/(0.17+0.12) = 0.4138 .
2018-07-21 1:28 pm
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