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document.write( "A French professor gives Sections 1 and 2 of a French course the same passage to translate. Section 1 has 24 students, and 7 translate the passage correctly. Section 2 has 21 students, and 8 translate the passage correctly. (to three decimal places. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "(a) If one of the papers is selected at random, what is the probability that it is a correct translation? <BR>\n" );
document.write( "(b) One of the papers is selected and is known to be from Section 1. What is the probability that it is a correct translation?  <BR>\n" );
document.write( "(c) A paper is selected and is known to be a correct translation. What is the probability that it is from Section 2?  </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #324271 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=scott8148><B>scott8148(6628)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=scott8148><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=scott8148><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=324271\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> (a) there are 15 correct translations out of 45 papers\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(b) there are 7 correct translations out of 21 papers\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(c) there are 15 correct translations, of which 8 are from section 2<BR>\n" );
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