. An international company has submitted bids on two separate federal government defence contracts, A and B. The company feels that it has a 60% chance of winning contract A and a 30% chance of winning contract B. If the company wins contract B then the company believes it has an 80% chance of winning contract A. a. What is the probability that the company will win both contracts? b. What is the probability that the company will win at least one of the two contracts? c. If the company wins contract B, what is the probability that it will not win contract A?

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Section11.8: Probabilities Of Disjoint And Overlapping Events
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. An international company has submitted bids on two separate federal government
defence contracts, A and B. The company feels that it has a 60% chance of winning
contract A and a 30% chance of winning contract B. If the company wins contract B
then the company believes it has an 80% chance of winning contract A.
a. What is the probability that the company will win both contracts?
b. What is the probability that the company will win at least one of the two
contracts?
c. If the company wins contract B, what is the probability that it will not win
contract A?

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