An unreliable company produces a large shipment of blenders where 13% have a defective motor, and 25% have a defective electrical cord and 5% have both defects. If you randomly select a blender in this shipment, find the probability that it has... a) only a defective electrical cord.  Write your answer as a percent rounded to 1 decimal place. b) a good motor.  Write your answer as a percent rounded to 1 decimal place. c) a good motor and a good electrical cord. Write your answer as a percent rounded to 1 decimal place.

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An unreliable company produces a large shipment of blenders where 13% have a defective motor, and 25% have a defective electrical cord and 5% have both defects.

If you randomly select a blender in this shipment, find the probability that it has...

a) only a defective electrical cord. 

Write your answer as a percent rounded to 1 decimal place.

b) a good motor. 

Write your answer as a percent rounded to 1 decimal place.

c) a good motor and a good electrical cord.

Write your answer as a percent rounded to 1 decimal place.

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