The owner of a DVD rental store notes that 1 out of every 50 DVDs that are rented are not returned on time.He also calculates that 1 out of every 100 DVDs that are returned late are action movies.What is the probability that an action movie will be returned late?
A)0.006
B)0.03
C)0.1
D)0.0002
E)0.01

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The probability that a DVD is returned late is 1/50. The probability that a late DVD is an action movie is 1/100. Therefore, the probability that an action movie is returned late is (1/50) * (1/100) = 1/5000 = 0.0002.

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