SOLUTION: Researchers at Namibia University of Science and Technology (NUST) have determined that children under 2 years old who sleep with the light on have a 36 % chance of becoming myop

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Question 1160784: Researchers at Namibia University of Science and Technology (NUST) have determined that
children under 2 years old who sleep with the light on have a 36 % chance of becoming myopic
before they are 16. Children who sleep in darkness have a 21 % chance of becoming myopic. A
survey indicated that 28% of children under 2 sleeps with some light on. Find the probability
that child under 16 is myopic.

Answer by Boreal(15235) About Me  (Show Source):
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It is the expected value which is the sum of the two x*p(x)
0.28*0.36=0.1008
0.72*0.21=0.1512
the sum is 0.2520, the probability