document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=423697>Question 423697</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> ACCORDING TO A RECENT STUDY 38% OF ALL WOMEN WILL SUFFER A HIP FRACTURE BECAUSE OF OSTEOPOROSIS BY THE AGE OF 85. IF SIX WOMEN AGED 85 ARE RANDOMLY SELECTED WHAT IS THE PROBABILITY THAT<BR>\n" );
document.write( "A) NONE OF THEM WILL SUFFER (OR HAS SUFFERED) A HIP FRACTURE DUE TO OSTEOPOROSIS<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b) AT LEAST 4 OF THEM WILL SUFFER (OR HAS SUFFERED) A HIP FRACTURE DUE TO OSTEOPOROSIS<BR>\n" );
document.write( "c)FEWER THAN TWO OF THEM WILL SUFFER (OR HAVE SUFFERED) A HIP FRACTURE DUE TO OSTEOPOROSIS </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "P(will suffer) = 0.38<BR>\n" );
document.write( "P(will not suffer) = 0.62<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "IF SIX WOMEN AGED 85 ARE RANDOMLY SELECTED WHAT IS THE PROBABILITY THAT<BR>\n" );
document.write( "A) NONE OF THEM WILL SUFFER (OR HAS SUFFERED) A HIP FRACTURE DUE TO OSTEOPOROSIS<BR>\n" );
document.write( "P(x = 0) = (0.62)^6<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "b) AT LEAST 4 OF THEM WILL SUFFER (OR HAS SUFFERED) A HIP FRACTURE DUE TO OSTEOPOROSIS<BR>\n" );
document.write( "P(4<= x <= 6) = 1 - P(x<= 0 <=3) = 1-binomcdf(6,0.38,3) = 0.1527<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "c)FEWER THAN TWO OF THEM WILL SUFFER (OR HAVE SUFFERED) A HIP FRACTURE DUE TO OSTEOPOROSIS<BR>\n" );
document.write( "P(0<= x <=2) = binomcdf(6,0.38,2) = 0.5857<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H.<BR>\n" );
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