A construction company is currently bidding a job overseas in country X. The chance of winning the job depends on the current election results in country X. If party A wins the election, the chance of the company winning the job is 60%; otherwise ,there is only a 20% chance that the company will win the job. On the other hand, from poll data, the probability that party A will win the election is 0.85. compute the probability of the company's success in winning the job.

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A construction company is currently bidding a job overseas in country X. The chance of winning the job depends on the current election results in country X. If party A wins the election, the chance of the company winning the job is 60%; otherwise ,there is only a 20% chance that the company will win the job. On the other hand, from poll data, the probability that party A will win the election is 0.85. compute the probability of the company's success in winning the job.

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