An apartment complex allows residents to have up to 3 dogs and up to 2 cats. The joint probability model for the number of dogs (X) and number of cats (Y) that a resident has, is given below. Given that a resident has 1 cat, what is the probability that the resident does not have any dog

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Answer:

The correct option is the second option

Step-by-step explanation:

  Let  D be the event that a resident has a dog

   Let C be the event that a resident has a cat

Generally according to  Bayes rule the probability that a resident has no dog give that he/she has one cat is mathematically represented as

       [tex]P(D' | C) = \frac{P ( D' \ n \ C)}{ P( C )}[/tex]

Here [tex]P(D' \ n \ C )[/tex] is the probability that a resident has one cat and no dog and from the table the value is

         [tex]P(D' \ n \ C ) = 0.2[/tex]

and  [tex]P(C)[/tex] is the probability of having one cat which is mathematically evaluated as

          [tex]P(C) = P(C \ n \ D') + P(C \ n \ D) + P(C \ n \ 2D) + P(C \ n \ 3D)[/tex]

From the table  

  P(C \ n \ D') = 0.2

  P(C \ n \ D) = 0.05

   P(C \ n \  2D) = 0.04

   P(C \ n \  3D) = 0.06

      [tex]P(C) = 0.2 + 0.05 + 0.04 + 0.06[/tex]

=>   [tex]P(C) = 0.35[/tex]

So

     [tex]P(D' | C) = \frac{0.2}{ 0.35}[/tex]

=>  [tex]P(D' | C) = \frac{4}{7}[/tex]

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