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Mathematics, 20.11.2019 10:31 grettelyesenia

"jason inherited a piece of land from his great-uncle. owners in the area claim that there is a 45% chance that the land has oil. jason decides to test the land for oil. he buys a kit that claims to have an 80% accuracy rate of indicating oil in the soil. what is the probability that the land has no oil and the test shows that it has oil?

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