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Chapter 7, Problem 7CRE
Two shipping services offer overnight delivery of parcels, and both promise delivery before 10 A.M. A mail-order catalog company ships 30% of its overnight packages using service 1 and 70% using service 2. Service 1 fails to meet the 10 A.M. delivery promise 10% of the time, whereas Service 2 fails to deliver by 10 A.M. 8% of the time.
Suppose that you made a purchase from this company and were expecting your package by 10 A.M., but it is late. Which shipping service was more likely to have been used?
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