The probability that a patient recovers from a rare blood disease is 0.4 If 15 randomly chosen patients are known to have contracted this disease, what is the probability that between 3 and 8, inclusive, survived?

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Chapter12: Probability
Section12.4: Discrete Random Variables; Applications To Decision Making
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1. The probability that a patient recovers from a rare blood disease is 0.4 If 15
randomly chosen patients are known to have contracted this disease, what is
the probability that between 3 and 8, inclusive, survived?
Transcribed Image Text:1. The probability that a patient recovers from a rare blood disease is 0.4 If 15 randomly chosen patients are known to have contracted this disease, what is the probability that between 3 and 8, inclusive, survived?
Ex. A large number of insects are expected to be attracted to a certain variety
of rose plant. A commercial insecticide is advertised as being 99% effective.
Suppose 200 insects infest a rose garden where the insecticide has been
applied. What is the probability that none of these insects can survive?
Random variable: X – number of dead insects
Distribution: X-Bin(200,0.99)
Computation: P[X = 200] = (200) + 0.99200 * 0.01° = 0.1340
Transcribed Image Text:Ex. A large number of insects are expected to be attracted to a certain variety of rose plant. A commercial insecticide is advertised as being 99% effective. Suppose 200 insects infest a rose garden where the insecticide has been applied. What is the probability that none of these insects can survive? Random variable: X – number of dead insects Distribution: X-Bin(200,0.99) Computation: P[X = 200] = (200) + 0.99200 * 0.01° = 0.1340
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