document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=449700>Question 449700</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> In a blood testing procedure, blood samples from 3 people are combined into one mixture. The mixture will only test<BR>\n" );
document.write( "negative if all the individual samples are negative. If the probability that an individual sample tests positive is 0.12, th<BR>\n" );
document.write( "at is the probability that the mixture will test positive? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "The mixture will only test negative if all the individual samples are negative. If the probability that an individual sample tests positive is 0.12, <BR>\n" );
document.write( "what is the probability that the mixture will test positive?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "P(a sample tests positive) = 0.88<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Ans: P(3 samples are positive) = 0.88^3 = 0.6815<BR>\n" );
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