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jon_i

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Suppose you want to estimate the probability that a patient will develop an infection while hospitalized at a particular hospital. In the past year, this hospital had 8,650 patients, and 812 of them developed an infection. What is the estimated probability that a patient at this hospital will develop an infection?
  1. P(the patient develops an infection) = 1/812
  2. P(the patient develops an infection) = 1/8,650
  3. P(the patient develops an infection) = 812/8,650
  4. P(the patient develops an infection) = 5,738/8,650
  5. P(the patient develops an infection) = 812/5,738

Question 2

The faces of a twelve-sided die are numbered with the numbers 1 through 12. If you roll this die 600 times, how many nines do you expect to roll?
  1.about 67
  2.about 50
  3.about 60
  4.about 100
  5.none


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Reply #1 on: Jul 24, 2018
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Wow, this really help

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Great answer, keep it coming :)

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