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A statistics professor has noted from past experience that a student who follows a program of studying two hours for each hour in class has a probability of 0.9 of getting a grade of C or better, while a student who does not follow a regular study program has a probability of 0.2 of getting a C or better. It is known that 70 of the students follow the study program. Find the probability that a student who has earned a C or better grade, followed the program.

Question 2

There are nonlinear applications in which there is a single local optimal solution that is also the global optimal solution.
 a. True
  b. False
  Indicate whether the statement is true or false



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Answer to Question 1

0.913

Answer to Question 2

TRUE



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