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An insurance company insured 2000 scooter drivers, 4000 car drivers and 6000 truck drivers. The probability of an accidents are 0.01, 0.03 and 0.15 respectively. One of the insured persons meets with an accident. What is the probability that he is a scooter driver?

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To solve the problem, we will use Bayes' theorem to find the probability that an insured person who meets with an accident is a scooter driver. ### Step-by-step Solution: 1. **Identify the Events:** - Let \( E_1 \) be the event that the insured person is a scooter driver. - Let \( E_2 \) be the event that the insured person is a car driver. - Let \( E_3 \) be the event that the insured person is a truck driver. ...
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