TABLE 4-5 In a Meat Packaging Plant, Machine a Accounts for 60

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TABLE 4-5
In a meat packaging plant, Machine A accounts for 60% of the plant's output, while Machine B accounts for 40% of the plant's output. In total, 4% of the packages are improperly sealed. Also, 3% of the packages are from Machine A and are improperly sealed.
-Referring to Table 4-5, if a package selected at random is improperly sealed, the probability that it came from machine A is ________.

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