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Chapter 2: Q68E (page 85)

A friend who lives in Los Angeles makes frequent consulting trips to Washington, D.C.; \({\rm{50\% }}\)of the time she travels on airline\({\rm{\# 1}}\), \({\rm{30\% }}\) of the time on airline \({\rm{\# 2}}\), and the remaining \({\rm{20\% }}\) of the time on airline #3. For airline \({\rm{\# 1}}\), flights are late into D.C. \({\rm{30\% }}\) of the time and late into L.A. \({\rm{10\% }}\) of the time. For airline\({\rm{\# 3}}\), these percentages are \({\rm{25\% }}\) and \({\rm{20\% }}\), whereas for airline #3 the percentages are \({\rm{40\% }}\) and \({\rm{25\% }}\). If we learn that on a particular trip she arrived late at exactly one of the two destinations, what are the posterior probabilities of having flown on airlines \({\rm{\# 1}}\), \({\rm{\# 2}}\), and \({\rm{\# 3}}\)? Assume that the chance of a late arrival in L.A. is unaffected by what happens on the flight to D.C. (Hint: From the tip of each first-generation branch on a tree diagram, draw three second-generation branches labeled, respectively, \({\rm{2}}\) late, \({\rm{2}}\) late, and \({\rm{2}}\) late.)

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The probabilities are

\(\begin{array}{l}P\left( {{A_1}\mid 1} \right) = 0.466\\P\left( {{A_2}\mid 1} \right) = 0.288\\P\left( {{A_3}\mid 1} \right) = 0.247\end{array}\)

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Definition

The updated chance of an event occurring after additional information is taken into account is known as posterior probability.

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Finding probabilities

The solution is

The probability of being late at exactly one city is obtained by the following calculation

\({\rm{0}}{\rm{.5*0}}{\rm{.3*0}}{\rm{.9 + 0}}{\rm{.5*0}}{\rm{.7*0}}{\rm{.1 + 0}}{\rm{.3*0}}{\rm{.25*0}}{\rm{.8 + 0}}{\rm{.3*0}}{\rm{.75*0}}{\rm{.2 + 0}}{\rm{.2*0}}{\rm{.4*0}}{\rm{.75 + 0}}{\rm{.2*0}}{\rm{.6*0}}{\rm{.25}}\)

\({\rm{ = 0}}{\rm{.365}}\)

The probability she uses \({\rm{1}}\) is

\(\frac{{{\rm{0}}{\rm{.5*0}}{\rm{.3*0}}{\rm{.9 + 0}}{\rm{.5*0}}{\rm{.7*0}}{\rm{.1}}}}{{{\rm{0}}{\rm{.365}}}}\)

The probability she uses \({\rm{2}}\) is

\(\begin{array}{l}\frac{{{\rm{0}}{\rm{.3*0}}{\rm{.25*0}}{\rm{.8 + 0}}{\rm{.3*0}}{\rm{.75*0}}{\rm{.2}}}}{{{\rm{0}}{\rm{.365}}}}\\{\rm{ = 0}}{\rm{.288}}\end{array}\)

The probability she uses \({\rm{3}}\) is

\(\begin{array}{l}\frac{{{\rm{0}}{\rm{.2*0}}{\rm{.4*0}}{\rm{.75 + 0}}{\rm{.2*0}}{\rm{.6*0}}{\rm{.25}}}}{{{\rm{0}}{\rm{.365}}}}\\{\rm{ = 0}}{\rm{.247}}\end{array}\)

Therefore, the probabilities are

\(\begin{array}{l}P\left( {{A_1}\mid 1} \right) = 0.466\\P\left( {{A_2}\mid 1} \right) = 0.288\\P\left( {{A_3}\mid 1} \right) = 0.247\end{array}\)

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