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Below are the number of cars produced every week for three weeks in an automobile factory...

Below are the number of cars produced every week for three weeks in an automobile factory and the number of defective cars produced every week. a) What is the probability that a randomly selected car will be a defective car produced in Week 2 after three weeks of production? b) When it is known that a randomly selected car is a defective car, what is the probability that it will be produced in Week 1?
number of cars manufactured 
first week (1500)

second week (1600)

third week ( 1250)


Number of defective cars produced
first week (16

second week (20)

third week ( 14)

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