A physical therapist who works at Enourmous State University knows that the soccer team will play 40% of its games on artificial turf this season. You also know that the chances of a soccer player suffering a knee injury are 50% higher if he plays on artificial grass rather than on natural grass. If the probability that a player sustains a knee injury while playing on artificial grass is 0.42. What is the probability that: A) A randomly chosen player suffers a knee injury B) A randomly chosen player with a knee injury suffered a knee injury while playing on a field with natural grass

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A physical therapist who works at Enourmous State University knows that the soccer team will play 40% of its games on artificial turf this season. You also know that the chances of a soccer player suffering a knee injury are 50% higher if he plays on artificial grass rather than on natural grass. If the probability that a player sustains a knee injury while playing on artificial grass is 0.42. What is the probability that: A) A randomly chosen player suffers a knee injury B) A randomly chosen player with a knee injury suffered a knee injury while playing on a field with natural grass

 

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