This season, the probability that the Yankees will win a game is 0.48 and the probability that the Yankees will score 5 or more runs in a game is 0.57. The probability that the Yankees lose and score fewer than 5 runs is 0.31. What is the probability that the Yankees will lose when they score fewer than 5 runs? Round your answer to the nearest thousandth.
Q. This season, the probability that the Yankees will win a game is 0.48 and the probability that the Yankees will score 5 or more runs in a game is 0.57. The probability that the Yankees lose and score fewer than 5 runs is 0.31. What is the probability that the Yankees will lose when they score fewer than 5 runs? Round your answer to the nearest thousandth.
Events Denoted: Let's denote the events as follows:W: The Yankees win a game.S: The Yankees score 5 or more runs in a game.L: The Yankees lose a game.F: The Yankees score fewer than 5 runs in a game.We are given the following probabilities:P(W)=0.48 (Probability that the Yankees win)P(S)=0.57 (Probability that the Yankees score 5 or more runs)P(L and F)=0.31 (Probability that the Yankees lose and score fewer than 5 runs)We need to find the probability that the Yankees will lose when they score fewer than 5 runs, which can be represented as P(L∣F), the conditional probability of L given F.To find P(L∣F), we need to know P(F), the probability that the Yankees score fewer than 5 runs. Since the probability of scoring 5 or more runs is 0.57, the probability of scoring fewer than 5 runs is the complement of that event.P(F)=1−P(S)P(F)=1−0.57P(F)=0.43Now we can calculate P(L∣F) using the formula for conditional probability:P(S)=0.571Substituting the given values, we get:P(S)=0.572
Calculate P(F): Performing the division to find P(L∣F):P(L∣F)=0.430.31P(L∣F)≈0.7209302325581395Rounding to the nearest thousandth, we get:P(L∣F)≈0.721
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