Question

During an outbreak, a medicine is developed to prevent the disease. Out of those who receive the medicine 20% still get sick, and out of those who dont take the medicine, 90% get sick. If the medicine is only parially distributed in a city, and 3/4 ths if the city’s population get sick.

a.) what proportion if the populationof the city recieved the medicine?

b.) what proportion of the city both received the medicine and got sick?

c.) Fill out Venn Diagram with the appropriate probabilities.

d.) what is the probability. that a random city resident either got the medicine ir got sick?

e.) are the events “got medicine” and “got sick” independent events?

Answer 1