A farmer has a tubewell which works by connecting two switches and . The probability that works is 9/10 and the probability that works is 8/10. The farmer connects them in series in 30% cases and in parallel in 70% cases. If it is known that the tubewell was working, what is the probability that it was a series connection.
A farmer has a tubewell which works by connecting two switches and . The probability that works is 9/10 and the probability that works is 8/10. The farmer connects them in series in 30% cases and in parallel in 70% cases. If it is known that the tubewell was working, what is the probability that it was a series connection.
Solution
✅ Correct Option: 2
In series the tubewell works with probability ; in parallel with probability .
Total probability of working .
By Bayes' theorem, the required probability is .
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