A chiropractor studies back injuries from asteel mill. The chiropractor finds that 30% ofthe workers do no lifting on the job, 30% domoderate lifting, and 40% do heavy lifting.During a given year, the probability of hav-ing an injury is 0.05 for a worker who does nolifting, 0.1 for a worker who does moderatelifting, and 0.22 for a work who does heavylifting.A worker is chosen randomly from amongthose who have had a back injury. Calculatethe probability that the worker's job involvesmoderate or heavy lifting.

Let us define some events A: a worker does not lift. B : a worker lifts moderately. C : a worker…

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