Conditional probability brain teaser

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A game is 90% successful in determining a good player. However, 2% of the time it allows a bad player to pass. Three people out of a hundred are good players. What is the probability of being a good player given the game has been passed?

I was thinking this is a bayesian problem: Probability of being a good player, given the game has been passed:

P(Good player| Game passed) = P(Game passed| Good Player)*P(Good Player)/P(Game passed)

Where:

P(Good Player) = 3/100 = 0.03

P(Game passed) = 1

P(Game passed | Good Player) = 0.9*(1-0.02) = 0.882

So:

P(Good player| Game passed) = 0.882*0.03/1 = 0.02646

I was wondering if there was anything wrong in my thought process?

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The relevant events shall be labelled $B$ for bad player, and $G$ for game passed.

We are told:

  • A game is 90% successful in determining a good player.

    When the player is good, the game is passed with $90\%$ success rate.

    $$\mathsf P(G\mid B^\complement)=0.90$$

  • However, 2% of the time it allows a bad player to pass.

    When the player is bad, the game is passed with $2\%$ success rate.

    $$\mathsf P(G\mid B)=0.02$$

  • Three people out of a hundred are good players.

    $$\mathsf P(B^\complement)=0.03$$

Now you can find $\mathsf P(B^\complement\mid G)$ using Bayes' rule and the Law of Total Probability