a floor in a nursing home has 18 patients on oxygen, 13 patients on bed alarms. 4 of these patients are on both oxygen and bed alarms. if you randomly choose a patient from the 40 patients on this floor, A) what is the probability that they are on oxygen and a bed alarm? B) what is the probability that they are on oxygen or a bed alarm (be careful not to double count)? C) what are the odds that the patient is on oxygen? D) what are the odds against the patient being on a bed alarm?

a floor in a nursing home has 18 patients on oxygen, 13 patients on bed alarms. 4 of these patients are on both oxygen and bed alarms. if you randomly choose a patient from the 40 patients on this floor, A) what is the probability that they are on oxygen and a bed alarm? B) what is the probability that they are on oxygen or a bed alarm (be careful not to double count)? C) what are the odds that the patient is on oxygen? D) what are the odds against the patient being on a bed alarm?

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A) what is the probability that they are on oxygen and a bed alarm?

B) what is the probability that they are on oxygen or a bed alarm (be careful not to double count)?

C) what are the odds that the patient is on oxygen?

D) what are the odds against the patient being on a bed alarm?

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