Question 32 - Week 8 Practice

Question 32

00:00Est. 3 min

Marks:+4.000.00

Parcels from sender

S

to receiver

R

pass sequentially through two post offices. The first post office has probability

1/8

of losing an incoming parcel, and the second post office has probability

1/5

of losing an incoming parcel, independently of all other parcels. Given that the parcel is lost, find the probability that it was lost by the second post office. Enter the answer correct to 2 decimal accuracy.

Integer answer

Medium Difficulty

02 April 2023

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