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Now use the information you are given and the General Addition Rule to find the desired probability, P(smoke is detected).

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Now use the information you are given and the General Addition Rule to find the desired probability, P(smoke is detected).

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To answer your question, I need more specific information. The General Addition Rule in probability is P(A U B) = P(A) + P(B) - P(A ∩ B). To find the probability that smoke is detected (P(smoke is detected)), I need the probabilities of the individual events that can lead to smoke detection and their intersections. Could you please provide more details?

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