At a factory that produces pistons for cars, machine 1 produced 700 satisfactory pistons and 300 unsatisfactory pistons today. machine 2 produced 707 satisfactory pistons and 303 unsatisfactory pistons today. suppose that one piston from machine 1 and one piston from machine 2 are chosen at random from today's batch. what is the probability that the piston chosen from machine 1 is unsatisfactory and the piston chosen from machine 2 is satisfactory?

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Keshawn Mayo

13 August, 00:02

At a factory that produces pistons for cars, machine 1 produced 700 satisfactory pistons and 300 unsatisfactory pistons today. machine 2 produced 707 satisfactory pistons and 303 unsatisfactory pistons today. suppose that one piston from machine 1 and one piston from machine 2 are chosen at random from today's batch. what is the probability that the piston chosen from machine 1 is unsatisfactory and the piston chosen from machine 2 is satisfactory?

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Edward Briggs · Answer 1

the proccess of choosing is independent so probability of choosing from machin1 is:300/1000 = 0.3

choosing from machin2 is:707/1010=0.7

the total result is 0.3*0.7=0.21;