A shoe store orders all of its shoes from two factories.

  • Factory A makes 47%47\% of the shoes sold at the shoe store.
  • Factory B makes 53%53\% of the shoes sold at the shoe store.

Occasionally, each factory incorrectly sizes their shoes and instead of getting a pair of size nine shoes you might get two different sizes.

  • Factory A is guilty of doing this 22%22\% of the time.
  • Factory B only makes this mistake 15%15\% of the time.

If Sarah goes to the store and buys a pair of shoes, what are the chances that she ends up with a pair of shoes that are incorrectly sized?

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