A manufacturer of a COVID-19 vaccine is concerned about the quality ofits flu serum. Batches of serum are processed by three differentdepartments having rejection rates of 0.09, 0.07, and 0.12, respectively.The inspections by the three departments are sequential and independent.What is the probability that a batch of serum survives the firstdepartmental inspection but is rejected by the second department?

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