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Consider a company that assembles computers. The probability of a faulty assembly of any computer is $p$. The company therefore subjects each computer to a testing process. This testing process gives the correct result for any computer with a probability of $q$. What is the probability of a computer being declared faulty?

  1. $pq + (1 - p)(1 - q)$
  2. $(1 - q)p$
  3. $(1 - p)q$
  4. $pq$
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Answer = option A

In image below the ticks show those branches where the result is declared as faulty.

So, required probability $=$ sum of probabilities of those two branches $= pq + (1-p)(1-q)$

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I think a is the correct option ..

prob = pq + (1-p)(1-q)  // in words it means

(it is faulty)(machine detects correctly) + (it is not faulty)(machine detects incorrectly)
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A computer can be declared faulty only if--

it is faulty and testing process gives correct result(computer declared as faulty) OR it is not faulty and testing process gives incorrect result(that means computer declared as faulty).

$\implies\;pq+(1-p)(1-q)$

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The probability of the computer being declared faulty is,
= Probability of testing process gives the correct result × Probability that computer is faulty + Probability of testing process giving incorrect result × Probability that computer is not faulty
= p × q + (1 - p) (1 - q)

Answer:A
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