Several health insurance companies are bidding for an insurance contract. Of these companies, 3
are local, 3 have state-wide operations, and 6 have national operations. Only one company will
be awarded the contract. If each company is equally likely to win the contract, what is the probability
that the contract will be awarded to one of the companies with state-wide operations?
Note: For any final answer that has up to four decimal places, enter your answer without rounding the
number. For any answers with more than four decimal values, round your final answer to four decimal
places.
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