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Question 410 ptsIn a city 20% of the cars are electric, 16% of the cars are red, and 5% of the cars are red electriccars. If a car is randomly picked and found to be red, what is the probability that this car is electric?Enter your answer as a decimal number rounded to TWO digits after the decimal point, like 0.12.DO NOT enter it like 12% or 12.

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We will determine the probability that the car is electric as follows:


\begin{gathered} P=(16)/(100)\ast(5)/(100)\Rightarrow P=(1)/(125) \\ \\ \Rightarrow P\approx0.01 \end{gathered}

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