A company orders the memory for their devices from two suppliers. Supplier A supplies 82% of the memory while supplier B supplies the remainder. Previous testing has shown that 1.1% of Supplier A's memory is defective and 1.9% of Supplier B's memory is defective. A randomly selected memory chip is defective. Find the probability it came from Supplier B.

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Chapter11: Data Analysis And Probability
Section11.8: Probabilities Of Disjoint And Overlapping Events
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A company orders the memory for their devices from two suppliers. Supplier A supplies 82% of the memory while supplier B supplies the remainder. Previous testing has shown that 1.1% of Supplier A's memory is defective and 1.9% of Supplier B's memory is defective. A randomly selected memory chip is defective. Find the probability it came from Supplier B. 

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