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Travelers arriving at Cape Town International Airport 70% of the travelers fly on major airlines, 20% by on privately owned planes and the remainder by on commercially owned planes not belonging to a major airline. Of those traveling on major airlines, 40 degrees are traveling for business reasons, whereas 70% of those arriving on private planes and 80% of those arriving on other commercially owned planes are traveling for business reasons Suppose that we randomly select one person arriving at this airport. What is the probability that the traveler is flying privately for business reasons?

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Given;


\begin{gathered} 20\text{\% fly privately owned jets} \\ 70\text{\% of those arriving on the plane are travelling for business reason} \end{gathered}

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