A produce shipper has 10,000 boxes of bananas from Ecuador and Honduras. An inspection has determined the following information                                                                                                                                                              # of boxes      Damaged fruit    Overripe fruit                                         Ecuadoran                  6,000                  200                      840                                       Honduran                   4,000                  365                      295   (a)What is the probability that a box selected at random will contain damaged fruit? Overripe fruit? (b)What is the probability that a randomly selected box is from Ecuador Or Honduras? (c)Given that a randomly selected box contains overripe fruit, what is the probability that it came from Honduras? (d)If damaged fruit and overripe fruit are mutually exclusive, what is the probability that a box

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A produce shipper has 10,000 boxes of bananas from Ecuador and Honduras. An inspection has determined the following information 

                                                                                    

                                                                       # of boxes      Damaged fruit    Overripe fruit

 

                                      Ecuadoran                  6,000                  200                      840

                                      Honduran                   4,000                  365                      295

 

(a)What is the probability that a box selected at random will contain damaged fruit? Overripe fruit?

(b)What is the probability that a randomly selected box is from Ecuador

Or Honduras?

(c)Given that a randomly selected box contains overripe fruit, what is the probability that it came from Honduras?

(d)If damaged fruit and overripe fruit are mutually exclusive, what is the probability that a box

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