Suppose There Are Two Detectives in a Small Private Office

question 4

Multiple Choice

Suppose there are two detectives in a small private office that is engaged in the search for people and the probability that a person will be found for each of the two detectives is equal to 0.754 for Detective 1 and 0.831 for Detective 2. Further, suppose that Detective 1 works part-time and considers 40% of cases of missing people and that Detective 2 considers the remaining 60%. Use the given probability information to select a "hypothetical 1000" table.

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