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Transcribed Image Text:In a certain year, the probability that a stock was in the Information Technology sector was 0.1357. The probability that the stock had a dividend yield of 2.00% or higher
given that it was in the Information Technology sector was 0.2895. The probability that a stock had a dividend yield of 2.00% or higher given that it was not in the
Information Technology sector was 0.4324. Find the probability that the stock was not in the Information Technology sector given that it did not have a dividend yield of
2.00% or higher.
Let F be the event that a stock was not in the Information Technology sector and E be the event that a stock did not have a dividend yield of 2.00% or higher.
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