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A cable supplier company offers high definition cable TV, Internet and phone ser

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Question

A cable supplier company offers high definition cable TV, Internet and phone services to its clients. They promise the clients to solve the problems within 20 minutes after calling by its technical support center. They recorded the last three months data from the technical support center to measure how much they can reach this goal. The data is in the table below.

Cable TV

Internet

Phone

Solved Problems

131

358

85

Not Solved Problems

123

130

71

What is the probability that a call to the technical support center involved an issue with Internet service?

Cable TV

Internet

Phone

Solved Problems

131

358

85

Not Solved Problems

123

130

71

Explanation / Answer

P(Issues with internet) = (358+130) / Total

Total = 131+123+358+130+85+71 = 898

P(Issues with internet) = 488/898 = 0.5434 (Answer)