SOLUTION: What is the probability that 6 out of 8 patients will be cured by a medicine given that that medicine has a 79% cure rate?
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Question 967581: What is the probability that 6 out of 8 patients will be cured by a medicine given that that medicine has a 79% cure rate? Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! What is the probability that 6 out of 8 patients will be cured by a medicine given that that medicine has a 79% cure rate?
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Binomial Problem with n = 8 and p(cure) = 0.79
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P(x = 6) = 8C6*0.79^6*0.11^2 = binompdf(8,0.79,6) = 0.3002
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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