SOLUTION: in a clinical trial, a drug used to reduce fever caused side affects in 4% of patients who took it. Two patients were selected at random. Find the probability that both the patient

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Question 857148: in a clinical trial, a drug used to reduce fever caused side affects in 4% of patients who took it. Two patients were selected at random. Find the probability that both the patients had side effects.
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in a clinical trial, a drug used to reduce fever caused side affects in 4% of patients who took it. Two patients were selected at random. Find the probability that both the patients had side effects.
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probability = (0.04)(0.04) = highlight%280.0016%29