A company purchases fluorescent light bulbs from two different suppliers. 60% of the bulbs come from WT corporation, 40% from NB. Both suppliers are having safety problems in their bulbs. 95% of the bulbs coming from WT perform as expected. Only 80% from NB perform. What is the probability that a bulb selected at random will be from WT and it willperform as expected? It will be from NB and perform as expected? WT and not perform? NB and not perform?

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A company purchases fluorescent light bulbs from two different suppliers. 60% of the bulbs come from WT corporation, 40% from NB. Both suppliers are having safety problems in their bulbs. 95% of the bulbs coming from WT perform as expected. Only 80% from NB perform.
 What is the probability that a bulb selected at random will be from WT and it will
perform as expected?
 It will be from NB and perform as expected?
 WT and not perform?
 NB and not perform?

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