At a potato processing plant in the state of Washington, 400 potatoes have been examined for disease. Of these, four were diseased. Based on this, the plant manager has stated that the probability of finding a diseased potato is 0.01. He is applying subjective probability to arrive at this 0.01 value.

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The plant manager is using empirical probability, which is based on the actual results of an experiment (in this case, examining 400 potatoes and finding 4 diseased ones), to calculate the probability as 4/400 or 0.01. This is not subjective probability, which would be based on personal judgment or belief rather than on specific numerical data.

At a Potato Processing Plant in the State of Washington