SOLUTION: A drug manufacturer states that only 5% of patients using a particular drug will experience side effects. Doctors at a large university hospital use the drug in treating 250 patien
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Question 1055808: A drug manufacturer states that only 5% of patients using a particular drug will experience side effects. Doctors at a large university hospital use the drug in treating 250 patients. What is the probability that 15 or fewer of the patients experience side effects? Answer by ewatrrr(24785) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Binomial Distribution: p = .05 , n = 250
Using TI Calculator
P(x <= 15) = binomcdf(250, .005, 15) = .8113
Recommend Using stattrek.com to check Results
until You are familiar with Using Your Calculator.
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