SOLUTION: Four day old baby needs a blood transfusion of AB+ blood, found only in 3% of the population. If a blood drive collects 152 pints of blood, what is the probability that at least on
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Question 460542: Four day old baby needs a blood transfusion of AB+ blood, found only in 3% of the population. If a blood drive collects 152 pints of blood, what is the probability that at least one pint of AB+ was collected?
Answer by edjones(8007) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
.97^157=.008378 probability one wasn't collected.
1-.008378
=.9916 the probability that at least one pint of AB+ was collected.
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Ed
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