A person has undertaken a mining job. The probabilities of completion of job on time with and without rain are 0.42 and 0.90 respectively. If the probability that it will rain is 0.45, then determine the probability that the mining job will not be completed on time.
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We are given the following probabilities: P(A|B) = 0.42 (probability of completing the job on time given that it rains) P(A|B') = 0.90 (probability of completing the job on time given that it does not rain) P(B) = 0.45 (probability that it rains) We want to find Show more…
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