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CBme

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Ninety AMI patients were given LDL-cholesterol tests, 10 were not. What is the proportion of AMI patients being tested?
 
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Thirty AMI patients who smoked were counseled against smoking; two were not. What is the ratio of AMI smokers who were counseled to those who were not?
 
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Reply #1 on: Jul 12, 2018
Answer to Question 1

0.9 (90 / 100 5 0.9).

Answer to Question 2

15:1 . (Students may also answer 30:2, but should be advised that ratios are usually reduced to the lowest dominator, in this case 1.)


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Wow, this really help

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Great answer, keep it coming :)

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