SOLUTION: A particular influenza vaccine has been found to be 95 percent effective in providing immunity. In a random sample of five vaccinated people who has been exposed to this strain of

Question 1169948: A particular influenza vaccine has been found to be 95 percent effective in providing immunity. In a random sample of five vaccinated people who has been exposed to this strain of influenza, what is the probability that none of the five will come down with the disease?
Found 2 solutions by math_helper, ikleyn:
Answer by math_helper(2461) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

or about 77.4%
Answer by ikleyn(52781) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
.

= 0.773781. ANSWER

RELATED QUESTIONS
A vaccine is 80% effective in preventing Type B influenza. In other words, 80% of those... (answered by stanbon)
if a new drug has been found to be effective 40% of the time, then what is the... (answered by Theo)
The probability that a person has immunity to a particular disease is 0.8. Find the mean... (answered by ikleyn)
A random sample of 800 home owners in a particular city found 232 home owners who had a... (answered by ewatrrr)
A random sample of 1100 car owners in a particular city found 220 car owners who recieved (answered by Boreal,stanbon)
A random sample of 700 workers in a particular city found 168 workers who had donated to... (answered by Boreal)
A random sample of 1200 workers in a particular city found 348 workers who had donated... (answered by Boreal)
The Center for Disease Control, or CDC, has determined that when a person is given a... (answered by jim_thompson5910)
If a new drug is found to be defective 70% the time it is used. what is the probability... (answered by reviewermath)