SOLUTION: You want to purchase a DVD drive for your laptop computer. Assume that 55​% of the drives are made outside of the United States. Of the​ U.S.-made drives, 6​% a

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Question 1131740: You want to purchase a DVD drive for your laptop computer. Assume that
55​% of the drives are made outside of the United States. Of the​ U.S.-made drives, 6​% are​ defective; of the ​ foreign-made drives,
8​% are defective. If your drive is​ defective, find the probability that it is foreign made

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%280.08%2A0.55%29%2F%280.06%2A%281-0.55%29+%2B+0.08%2A0.55%29 = 0.6197 = 61.97%.    ANSWER