Probability that you are detained for further testing

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Police often set up sobriety checkpoints roadblocks where drivers are asked a few brief questions to allow the officer to judge whether or not the person may have been drinking. If the officer does not suspect a problem, drivers are released to go on their way. Otherwise, drivers are detained for a Breathalyzer test that will determine whether or not they will be arrested. The police say that based on the brief initial stop, trained officers can make the right decision 80% of the time. Suppose the police operate a sobriety checkpoint after 9 p.m. on a Saturday night, a time when national traffic safety experts suspect that about 12% of drivers have been drinking.

a) You are stopped at the checkpoint and, of course, have not been drinking. What s the probability that you are detained for further testing?

b) What's the probability that any given driver will be detained?

c) What's the probability that a driver who is detained has actually been drinking?

d) What's the probability that a driver who was released had actually been drinking?

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