A store purchases baseball hats from three different manufacturers. In manufacturer  A’s box, there are 12 blue hats, 6 red hats, and 6 green hats. In manufacturer B’s box,  there are 10 blue hats, 10 red hats, and 4 green hats. In manufacturer C’s box, there  are 8 blue hats, 8 red hats, and 8 green hats. A box is selected at random, and a hat is  selected at random from that box. If the hat is red, find the probability that it came  from manufacturer A’s box.

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. A store purchases baseball hats from three different manufacturers. In manufacturer 
A’s box, there are 12 blue hats, 6 red hats, and 6 green hats. In manufacturer B’s box, 
there are 10 blue hats, 10 red hats, and 4 green hats. In manufacturer C’s box, there 
are 8 blue hats, 8 red hats, and 8 green hats. A box is selected at random, and a hat is 
selected at random from that box. If the hat is red, find the probability that it came 
from manufacturer A’s box. 

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