27. The Air force receives 30% of its parachutes from company C1 and the rest from company C2. The probability that a parachute will fail to open is 0.0025 and 0.002, depending on whether it is from company C1 or C2, respectively.

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27. The Air force receives 30% of its parachutes from company C1 and the rest from company C2. The probability that a parachute will fail to open is 0.0025 and 0.002, depending on whether it is from company C1 or C2, respectively.
a) What is the probability that a randomly chosen parachute will fail to open (rounded off to four decimals)?
b) If a randomly chosen parachute fails, what is the probability it came from company C1 (rounded off to four decimals)?
c) If a randomly chosen parachute fails, what is the probability it came from company C2 (rounded off to four decimals)?

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