This season, the probability that the Yankees will win a game is 0.51 and the probability that the Yankees will score 5 or more runs in a game is 0.52 . The probability that the Yankees lose and score fewer than 5 runs is 0.37 . What is the probability that the Yankees would score fewer than 5 runs when they win the game? Round your answer to the nearest thousandth.Answer:
Q. This season, the probability that the Yankees will win a game is 0.51 and the probability that the Yankees will score 5 or more runs in a game is 0.52 . The probability that the Yankees lose and score fewer than 5 runs is 0.37 . What is the probability that the Yankees would score fewer than 5 runs when they win the game? Round your answer to the nearest thousandth.Answer:
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)=0.51 (Yankees win)P(S)=0.52 (Yankees score 5 or more runs)P(L and F)=0.37 (Yankees lose and score fewer than 5 runs)We want to find P(F∣W), which is the probability that the Yankees score fewer than 5 runs given that they win the game.First, we need to find P(F), the probability that the Yankees score fewer than 5 runs in a game. We can use the complement rule since P(S) is the probability of scoring 5 or more runs:P(F)=1−P(S)P(F)=1−0.52P(F)=0.48
Find P(F): Next, we need to find P(W and F), which is the probability that the Yankees win and score fewer than 5 runs. We can find this by subtracting the probability of losing and scoring fewer than 5 runs from the probability of scoring fewer than 5 runs:P(W and F)=P(F)−P(L and F)P(W and F)=0.48−0.37P(W and F)=0.11
Find P(W and F): Now, we can calculate P(F∣W), the probability that the Yankees score fewer than 5 runs given that they win, using the definition of conditional probability:P(F∣W)=P(W)P(W and F)P(F∣W)=0.510.11P(F∣W)≈0.2157
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