document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1187037>Question 1187037</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> a large college buys red and green pens in the ratio of 1:2. the college has 3 supplies for these pens. supplier A provide 7% of the red pens and 4% of the green pens. the reminder of the green pens come from suppliers B and the reminder of the green pens come from supplier C. the college know that 20% of the pens supplied by A, 145% of those supplied by B and 10% of those supplied by C are defective. the pens are all store together in a box . A pen was picked at random.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(a) find the probability that the pen is defective<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(b) if it was defective, find the probability that the defective pen was supplied by A </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #849315 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=ikleyn><B>ikleyn(52790)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=ikleyn><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=ikleyn><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=849315\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> .\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "In your post, \"reminder\" should be read as \"remainder\" everywhere.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Also, 145% mentioned in the post, is an IMPOSSIBLE percentage, signaling a FATAL ERROR,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "which makes the solution IMPOSSIBLE.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Fix your error and re-post.\r<BR>\n" );
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