SOLUTION: computer chips come from two suppliers, with 72% coming from supplier 1 and 28% coming from supplier 2. eight percent of the chips from supplier 1 are defective and 12% of the chip

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Question 1126958: computer chips come from two suppliers, with 72% coming from supplier 1 and 28% coming from supplier 2. eight percent of the chips from supplier 1 are defective and 12% of the chips from supplier 2 are defective. If a chip is chosen at random, what is the probability that is defective.
Answer by ikleyn(52778) About Me  (Show Source):
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This probability under the question is


    P = 0.08*0.72 + 0.12*0.28 = 0.0912.