Thread: slot machine

Is it conditional probability or not? What is the result?

You walk into a Las Vegas casino. There are 10 slot machines. 9 of them win 20% of the time. 1 of them, the lucky machine, wins 30% of the time. But you don't know which one is the lucky one (the 30% winner). You watch someone put a quarter into the machine and win. What is the chance it was the "lucky" machine?
Express your answer as a fraction or as a decimal with 2 significant digits

Originally Posted by aloha

Is it conditional probability or not? What is the result?
You walk into a Las Vegas casino. There are 10 slot machines. 9 of them win 20% of the time. 1 of them, the lucky machine, wins 30% of the time. But you don't know which one is the lucky one (the 30% winner). You watch someone put a quarter into the machine and win. What is the chance it was the "lucky" machine?

The question asks for the probability of using the lucky machine given a win.

Or . We know .

As this is not a homework service, you must do the rest for yourself.

I calculated P(L|W)= 1/10*30/100= 3/100.
I don't understand why you included the winning chance of the machines ? 1/10* 30% * 9/10*20% ?

Originally Posted by aloha

I calculated P(L|W)= 1/10*30/100= 3/100.
I don't understand why you included the winning chance of the machines ? 1/10* 30% * 9/10*20% ?

Well that is completely wrong. This is Bayesian conditioning question.

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