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Transcribed Image Text:A class in advanced physics is comprised of 20 juniors, 30 seniors and 10 graduate students. The final grades showed that 5 of the
juniors, 12 of the seniors, and 6 of the graduate students received an A for the course. If a student from this class is selected and is
found to have earned an A, what is the probability that he or she is a junior?
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