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Chapter 4, Problem 22(choose chapter or problem)
Medical Patients A recent study of 300 patients found that of 100 alcoholic patients, 87 had elevated cholesterol levels, and of 200 nonalcoholic patients, 43 had elevated cholesterol levels. If a patient is selected at random, find the probability that the patient is the following. a. An alcoholic with elevated cholesterol level b. A nonalcoholic c. Anonalcoholic with nonelevated cholesterol level
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Medical Patients A recent study of 300 patients found that of 100 alcoholic patients, 87 had elevated cholesterol levels, and of 200 nonalcoholic patients, 43 had elevated cholesterol levels. If a patient is selected at random, find the probability that the patient is the following. a. An alcoholic with elevated cholesterol level b. A nonalcoholic c. Anonalcoholic with nonelevated cholesterol level
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Now from the given data we can calculate following :
Similarly we can also calculate :
Finally total number of patients can be given as : total number of patients All the data can be summarized with table given below :