Question 515091: EMTs respond to an "overdose" call. Upon arrival, they find five prescription drugs on the kitchen table labeled A, B, C, D, E. Only the A-D pair is lethal. If the patient took three drugs, what is the probability that s(he) ingested a lethal pair?
Answer by stanbon(75887)   (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! EMTs respond to an "overdose" call. Upon arrival, they find five prescription drugs on the kitchen table labeled A, B, C, D, E. Only the A-D pair is lethal. If the patient took three drugs, what is the probability that s(he) ingested a lethal pair?
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# of ways to succeed in picking the AD pair: 1
# of random pairs = 5C2 = 10
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P(pick A/D) = 1/10
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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