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Description: An unattended laptop computer has been infected with a virus which, if not removed by the protection program, has a 94% chance of infiltrating the operating system and destroying all stored files. To do this, it will institute a shutdown and require

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What is the chance it was the virus that did it (and thus a reboot will destroy the files!)?

Holt Mcdougal Larson Pre-algebra: Student Edition 2012

1st Edition

ISBN:9780547587776

Author:HOLT MCDOUGAL

Publisher:HOLT MCDOUGAL

Chapter11: Data Analysis And Probability

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 8CR

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