At LaGuardia Airport for a certain nightly flight, the probability that it will rain is 0.19 and the probability that the flight will be delayed is 0.08 . The probability that it will not rain and the flight will leave on time is 0.78 . What is the probability that the flight would leave on time when it is not raining? Round your answer to the nearest thousandth.Answer:
Q. At LaGuardia Airport for a certain nightly flight, the probability that it will rain is 0.19 and the probability that the flight will be delayed is 0.08 . The probability that it will not rain and the flight will leave on time is 0.78 . What is the probability that the flight would leave on time when it is not raining? Round your answer to the nearest thousandth.Answer:
Denote Events: Let's denote the events as follows:R: It will rain.D: The flight will be delayed.\(\newlineeg R\): It will not rain.\(\newlineeg D\): The flight will leave on time.We are given the following probabilities:P(R)=0.19P(D)=0.08P(\(\newlineeg R \text{ and } eg D) = 0.78\)We need to find the probability that the flight leaves on time given that it is not raining, which is P(\(\newlineeg D \,|\, eg R)\).
Find P(\(\newlineeg R)\): First, we need to find the probability that it is not raining, which is P(\(\newlineeg R)\). This is the complement of the probability that it will rain.P(egR)=1−P(R)P(egR)=1−0.19P(egR)=0.81
Calculate P(\(\newlineeg D | eg R)\): Now, we use the definition of conditional probability to find P(\(\newlineeg D | eg R)\). The formula for conditional probability is:P(egD∣egR)=P(egR)P(egD and egR)We already have P(\(\newlineeg D \text{ and } eg R) = 0.78\) and P(\(\newlineeg R) = 0.81\).
Substitute and Solve: Substitute the values into the formula to find P(\(\newlineeg D | eg R)\):P(egD∣egR)=0.810.78P(egD∣egR)≈0.963
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