A Company Has 2 Machines That Produce Widgets

question 96

Multiple Choice

A company has 2 machines that produce widgets.An older machine produces 23% defective
Widgets, while the new machine produces only 8% defective widgets.In addition, the new
Machine produces 3 times as many widgets as the older machine does.Given that a widget was
Produced by the new machine, what is the probability it is not defective?

• A) 0.06
• B) 0.50
• C) 0.92
• D) 0.94

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