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Textbook publishers must estimate the sales of new​ (first-edition) books. The records indicate that 25​% of...

Textbook publishers must estimate the sales of new​ (first-edition) books. The records indicate that 25​% of all new books sell more than​ projected, 30​% sell close to the number​ projected, and 45​% sell less than projected. Of those that sell more than​ projected, 55​% are revised for a second​ edition, as are 40​% of those that sell close to the number​ projected, and 25​% of those that sell less than projected.

a. What percentage of books published go to a second​ edition?

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