A commemorative cion company has 2 stamping machines. The faster one can stamp 150 coins per hour of which 3 are defective. the slower one can stamp 70 coins an hour of which 14 are defective. All coins are deposited in a common hopper. After the first hour of the day ( assuming that the hopper was intially empty) a coin was removed from the hopper and tested to be defective. What is the probability it was stamped by the slower machine. State your answer to 4 decimal places.

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Chapter8: Sequences, Series,and Probability
Section8.7: Probability
Problem 11ECP: A manufacturer has determined that a machine averages one faulty unit for every 500 it produces....
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A commemorative cion company has 2 stamping machines. The faster one can stamp 150 coins per hour of which 3 are defective. the slower one can stamp 70 coins an hour of which 14 are defective. All coins are deposited in a common hopper. After the first hour of the day ( assuming that the hopper was intially empty) a coin was removed from the hopper and tested to be defective. What is the probability it was stamped by the slower machine. State your answer to 4 decimal places.

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