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Question 1177224: Please help me with this question:
If the probability that a public health nurse will find a client at home is .7, what is the probability (assuming independence) that on two home visits made in a day both clients will be home?
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Answer by ikleyn(52803) About Me  (Show Source):
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For independent events, the probability of two events is the product of individual probabilities


    P(both) = P(one)*P(second) = 0.7*0.7 = 0.49.    ANSWER

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Answer by ewatrrr(24785) About Me  (Show Source):
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Hi
p(home) = .7
P(finding one home & the 2nd home) = (.7)(.7) = .49
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