document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=806239>Question 806239</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Many students entering unversity take a math course, 1J03.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "In this course, 9% of the students fail, and leave the university.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "29% of the students pass, but get a low mark, and move on to 1E03.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "62% of the students pass, and get a high mark, and move on to 1KR3.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "In 1E03, 14% fail, and leave the university. In 1KR3, 21% fail, and depart.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If a student tells his parents he failed mathematics and had to leave the university, what is the probability that he failed out of 1E03? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #485774 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=edjones><B>edjones(8007)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=edjones><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=edjones><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=485774\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> .29*.14=.0406 flunked out of 1E03<BR>\n" );
document.write( ".62*.21=.1302 flunked out of 1KR3<BR>\n" );
document.write( ".09 flunked out of 1J03<BR>\n" );
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document.write( ".0406+.1302+.09=.2608<BR>\n" );
document.write( ".0406/.2608<BR>\n" );
document.write( "=.1557 the probability that he failed out of 1E03.<BR>\n" );
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