所選文字: Suppose the weather of a day is either sunny or rainy. The probability that a sunny day is followed by a sunnyday is 0.75. The probability that a rainy day is followed by a rainy day is 0.7. The probability that lst Januaryis sunny is 0.8. Find the probability that 1st January is rainy given that 3rd January is sunny. 回答問題
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所選文字: Suppose the weather of a day is either sunny or rainy. The probability that a sunny day is followed by a sunnyday is 0.75. The probability that a rainy day is followed by a rainy day is 0.7. The probability that lst Januaryis sunny is 0.8. Find the probability that 1st January is rainy given that 3rd January is sunny. 回答問題
Solution 1
This problem can be solved using the concept of conditional probability and Markov chains. Here are the steps:
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Define the events: Let's denote S1 as the event that 1st January is sunny, S3 as the event that 3rd January is sunny, and R1 as the event that 1st January is rainy.
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We are asked to find P(R1|S3), the probability that 1st January is rainy given that 3rd January is sunny.
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From the problem, we know that P(S1) = 0.8, so P(R1) = 1 - P(S1) = 0.2.
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We also know that the probability that a sunny day is followed by a sunny day is 0.75, so the probability that a sunny day is followed by a rainy day is 1 - 0.75 = 0.25. Similarly, the probability that a rainy day is followed by a sunny day is 1 - 0.7 = 0.3.
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Now, we can find P(S3) as follows: P(S3) = P(S1) * P(S2|S1) * P(S3|S2) + P(R1) * P(S2|R1) * P(S3|S2) = 0.8 * 0.75 * 0.75 + 0.2 * 0.3 * 0.3 = 0.45 + 0.018 = 0.468.
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We can also find P(S3|R1) as follows: P(S3|R1) = P(S2|R1) * P(S3|S2) = 0.3 * 0.75 = 0.225.
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Finally, we can find P(R1|S3) using Bayes' theorem: P(R1|S3) = P(S3|R1) * P(R1) / P(S3) = 0.225 * 0.2 / 0.468 = 0.096.
So, the probability that 1st January is rainy given that 3rd January is sunny is approximately 0.096 or 9.6%.
Solution 2
To solve this problem, we need to use the concept of conditional probability and the total probability theorem.
Let's denote: S1: the event that 1st January is sunny S2: the event that 2nd January is sunny S3: the event that 3rd January is sunny R1: the event that 1st January is rainy R2: the event that 2nd January is rainy R3: the event that 3rd January is rainy
We are asked to find P(R1|S3), the probability that 1st January is rainy given that 3rd January is sunny.
We know that: P(S1) = 0.8 (the probability that 1st January is sunny) P(S2|S1) = 0.75 (the probability that a sunny day is followed by a sunny day) P(R2|R1) = 0.7 (the probability that a rainy day is followed by a rainy day) P(S3|S2) = 0.75 (the probability that a sunny day is followed by a sunny day) P(S3|R2) = 0.3 (the probability that a rainy day is followed by a sunny day)
We can find P(S3) using the total probability theorem: P(S3) = P(S3|S2)P(S2) + P(S3|R2)P(R2) = P(S3|S2)P(S2|S1)P(S1) + P(S3|R2)P(R2|R1)P(R1) = 0.75 * 0.75 * 0.8 + 0.3 * 0.7 * (1-0.8) = 0.3375
Then we can find P(R1|S3) using Bayes' theorem: P(R1|S3) = P(S3|R1)P(R1) / P(S3) = P(S3|R2)P(R2|R1)P(R1) / P(S3) = 0.3 * 0.7 * (1-0.8) / 0.3375 = 0.0525
So, the probability that 1st January is rainy given that 3rd January is sunny is 0.0525.
Solution 3
To solve this problem, we need to use the concept of conditional probability and the total probability theorem.
Let's denote: S1: the event that 1st January is sunny S2: the event that 2nd January is sunny S3: the event that 3rd January is sunny R1: the event that 1st January is rainy R2: the event that 2nd January is rainy R3: the event that 3rd January is rainy
We are asked to find P(R1|S3), the probability that 1st January is rainy given that 3rd January is sunny.
We know that: P(S1) = 0.8 (the probability that 1st January is sunny) P(S2|S1) = 0.75 (the probability that a sunny day is followed by a sunny day) P(R2|R1) = 0.7 (the probability that a rainy day is followed by a rainy day) P(S3|S2) = 0.75 (the probability that a sunny day is followed by a sunny day) P(S3|R2) = 0.3 (the probability that a rainy day is followed by a sunny day)
We also know that P(R1) = 1 - P(S1) = 0.2 (the probability that 1st January is rainy)
Using the total probability theorem, we can express P(S3) as: P(S3) = P(S3|S2)P(S2) + P(S3|R2)P(R2)
We don't know P(S2) and P(R2) directly, but we can express them in terms of the events of the first day: P(S2) = P(S2|S1)P(S1) + P(S2|R1)P(R1) P(R2) = P(R2|S1)P(S1) + P(R2|R1)P(R1)
Substituting these into the equation for P(S3), we get: P(S3) = P(S3|S2)[P(S2|S1)P(S1) + P(S2|R1)P(R1)] + P(S3|R2)[P(R2|S1)P(S1) + P(R2|R1)P(R1)]
Finally, we can find P(R1|S3) using Bayes' theorem: P(R1|S3) = P(S3|R1)P(R1) / P(S3)
Substituting the known values and solving the equations will give the desired probability.
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