SOLUTION: A disease affects 7 % of the population. If you gather 100 people what's the likelyhood in finding it in 14 people

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Question 796684: A disease affects 7 % of the population. If you gather 100 people what's the likelyhood in finding it in 14 people
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A disease affects 7 % of the population. If you gather 100 people what's the likelyhood in finding it in 14 people
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Binomial Problem with n = 100 and p(infected) = 0.07
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P(x = 14) = 100C14*0.07^14*0.93^86 = binompdf(100,0.07,14) = 0.0058
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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