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This season, the probability that the Yankees will win a game is 0.480.48 and the probability that the Yankees will score 55 or more runs in a game is 0.570.57. The probability that the Yankees lose and score fewer than 55 runs is 0.310.31. What is the probability that the Yankees will lose when they score fewer than 55 runs? Round your answer to the nearest thousandth.

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Q. This season, the probability that the Yankees will win a game is 0.480.48 and the probability that the Yankees will score 55 or more runs in a game is 0.570.57. The probability that the Yankees lose and score fewer than 55 runs is 0.310.31. What is the probability that the Yankees will lose when they score fewer than 55 runs? Round your answer to the nearest thousandth.
  1. Events Denoted: Let's denote the events as follows:\newlineW: The Yankees win a game.\newlineS: The Yankees score 55 or more runs in a game.\newlineL: The Yankees lose a game.\newlineF: The Yankees score fewer than 55 runs in a game.\newlineWe are given the following probabilities:\newlineP(W)=0.48P(W) = 0.48 (Probability that the Yankees win)\newlineP(S)=0.57P(S) = 0.57 (Probability that the Yankees score 55 or more runs)\newlineP(L and F)=0.31P(L \text{ and } F) = 0.31 (Probability that the Yankees lose and score fewer than 55 runs)\newlineWe need to find the probability that the Yankees will lose when they score fewer than 55 runs, which can be represented as P(LF)P(L | F), the conditional probability of L given F.\newlineTo find P(LF)P(L | F), we need to know P(F)P(F), the probability that the Yankees score fewer than 55 runs. Since the probability of scoring 55 or more runs is 0.570.57, the probability of scoring fewer than 55 runs is the complement of that event.\newlineP(F)=1P(S)P(F) = 1 - P(S)\newlineP(F)=10.57P(F) = 1 - 0.57\newlineP(F)=0.43P(F) = 0.43\newlineNow we can calculate P(LF)P(L | F) using the formula for conditional probability:\newlineP(S)=0.57P(S) = 0.5711\newlineSubstituting the given values, we get:\newlineP(S)=0.57P(S) = 0.5722
  2. Calculate P(F)P(F): Performing the division to find P(LF)P(L | F):P(LF)=0.310.43P(L | F) = \frac{0.31}{0.43}P(LF)0.7209302325581395P(L | F) \approx 0.7209302325581395Rounding to the nearest thousandth, we get:P(LF)0.721P(L | F) \approx 0.721

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