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Roads A, B, and C are the only way to escape from a certain provincial prison....

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Roads A, B, and C are the only way to escape from a certainprovincial prison. Prison records show that, of the prisoners whotried to escape, 9 % used road A, 14 % used road B, the remainderused road C. The records also indicate that 85 % of those who triedto escape using road A were captured. 13 % of those using road Bwere captured, and 58 % of those using road C were captured. Usefour decimals in your answers (a) What is the probability that aprisoner escaping from this provincial prison is not captured? (b)What is the probability that a captured prisoner used road A intheir escape attempt? (c) What is the probability that a prisonerwho didn't get captured has used road C?

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Probability that prisoner used road A to escape PA 009Probability that prisoner used road B to escape PB 014Probability that prisoner used    See Answer
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