Fine the Probability That None of the Patients Had Side Effects.?
Question by mega m: Fine the probability that none of the patients had side effects.?
“In a clinical trail, a drug used to reduce fever caused side effects in 6% of the patients who took it. For a new trial, three patients were selected at random. Fine probablity none had side effects.”
“In a clinical trial, a drug used to relieve pain caused side effects in 8% of the patients who took it. For a new trial, two patients were selected at random. Find probability that both patients had side effects.”
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Best answer:
Answer by Merlyn
When you have independent events the product of the intersection of the events is equal to the product of the probabilities.
a) three people, no side effects:
(1 – 0.06) ^ 3 = 0.830584
b) (0.08)^2 = 0.0064
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