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. A chemist wishes to detect an impurity in acertain compound that she is making. There is a test that detectsan impurity with probability 0.92; however,

This test indicates that an impurity is there when it is notabout 5% of the time. The chemist produces compounds with theimpurity about 15% of the time. A compound is selected at randomfrom the chemist’s output. The test indicates that an impurity ispresent. What is the conditional probability that the compoundactually has the impurity?

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Chemist produces compound with impurities about 15 oftime ie P Impurity Actually Present 015 P Impurity Not Actually Present 085Test detects impurity with probability    See Answer
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