Flasher Marketing Research (FMR) specializes in assessing the prospects for a women's clothing store in a central hub. Al Flashner, the company's director, explains that he rates a prospect based on good, fair, and bad criteria. Records show that 60 percent of store prospects are good, 30 percent are fair, and 10 percent are bad. Of the stores that had a good prospect, 80 percent of the profits in the first year, from sufficient stores, 60 percent of them made a profit in the first year, and of the stores that had a bad chance, 20 percent made a profit in the first year. Connie's women's clothing store is one of Flashner's customers. Connie's women's clothing store made a fortune in the last year. What is the probability that the shop has a bad prospect?

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Flasher Marketing Research (FMR) specializes in assessing the prospects for a women's clothing store in a central hub. Al Flashner, the company's director, explains that he rates a prospect based on good, fair, and bad criteria. Records show that 60 percent of store prospects are good, 30 percent are fair, and 10 percent are bad. Of the stores that had a good prospect, 80 percent of the profits in the first year, from sufficient stores, 60 percent of them made a profit in the first year, and of the stores that had a bad chance, 20 percent made a profit in the first year. Connie's women's clothing store is one of Flashner's customers. Connie's women's clothing store made a fortune in the last year. What is the probability that the shop has a bad prospect?

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