The probability that a patient recovers from a stomach disease is 0.8. If 20 people are known to have contracted this disease, then the probability that exactly 12 recover is: a. 0.032 b. 0.022 c. 0.003 d. 0.002
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The probability that a patient recovers from a stomach disease is 0.8. If 20 people are known to have contracted this disease, then the probability that exactly 12 recover is: a. 0.022 b. 0.032 c. 0.002 d. 0.003
The probability that a patient recovers from a stomach disease is 0.8. If 20 people are known to have contracted this disease, then the probability that exactly 12 recover is: 0.032 0.002 0.022 0.003
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