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A Certain Sports Car Comes Equipped with Either an Automatic

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A certain sports car comes equipped with either an automatic or a manual transmission, and the car is available in one of four colors. Relevant probabilities for various combinations of transmission type and color are given in the accompanying table.  Color  Transmission Type  White  Blue  Black  Red  A .13.10.11.11M.15.07.15.18\begin{array}{l}\begin{array} { c c c c c } &&&\text { Color }\\\hline \text { Transmission Type } & \text { White } & \text { Blue } & \text { Black } & \text { Red } \\\hline \text { A } & .13 & .10 & .11 & .11 \\\hline \mathrm { M } & .15 & .07 & .15 & .18 \\\hline\end{array}\end{array} Let A = (automatic transmission), B = {black}, and C = {white}.
a. Calculate P(A), P(B), and P(A \cap
B).
b. Calculate both P(A|B) and P(B|A), and explain in context what each of these probabilities represents.

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a. P(A) = .13 + .10 + .11 + .11 =.45,
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