Shipping constitutes a large part of the budget for online retailers. One such retailer ships fragile items that occasionally get broken and have to be replaced/re-shipped. Historically, 8% of these items have gotten broken during shipping. (a)If an item is shipped, what is the probability that it does not get broken? In other words, what is P(not broken)? Express your answer as a decimal rounded to two decimal places.

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Shipping constitutes a large part of the budget for online retailers. One such retailer ships fragile items that occasionally get broken and have to be replaced/re-shipped. Historically, 8% of these items have gotten broken during shipping.

(a)If an item is shipped, what is the probability that it does not get broken? In other words, what is P(not broken)? Express your answer as a decimal rounded to two decimal places.



(b) If the retailer ships 3 separate items, what is the probability that none will be broken during shipping? Express your answer as a decimal rounded to three decimal places.

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