An article reported that required background checks blocked 267,400 gun sales in

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An article reported that required background checks blocked 267,400 gun sales in a year. The article also indicated that state and local police reject a higher percentage of would-be gun buyers than does the FBI, stating, The FBI performed 4.6 million of the 8.2 million checks, compared with 3.6 million by state and local agencies. The rejection rate among state and local agencies war 5%, compared with 1.9% for the FBI." Define the following events. F- event that a randomly selected gun purchase background check is performed by the FBI s- event that a randomly selected gun purchase background check is performed by a state or local agency R event that a randomly selected gun purchase background check results in a blocked sale (a) Use the given information to estimate the following probabilities. (Round your answers to three decimal places.) 561 (ii) 439 (iii) 034X (iv) P(RIS) 114 Use the probabilities from part (a) to evaluate 725 Write a sentence interpreting this value in the context of this problem. (b) SIR). (Round your answer to three decimal places.)

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(a)
i) P(F) = 4.6/8.2 = 0.561

ii) P(S) = 3.6/8.2 = 0.439

iii) 1.9% * 4.6 = 0.0874 million
Probability that gun purchase background check is done by FBI and rejected, P(R and F) = 0.0874/8.2 = 0.011
P(R|F) = P(R and F)/P(F) = 0.011/0.561 = 0.019

iv) 5%*3.6 = 0.18 million
Probability that gun purchase background check is done by state agencies and rejected, P(R and S) = 0.18/8.2 = 0.022
P(R|S) = P(R and S)/P(S) = 0.022/0.439 = 0.05

(b)
P(S|R) = P(S and R)/P(R)
Total rejected = 1.9% * 4.6 + 5%*3.6 = 0.0874 + 0.18 = 0.2674
P(R) = 0.2674/8.2 = 0.0334

P(S|R) = 0.022/0.0334 = 0.659

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