A headache remedy is said to be 80% effective in curing headaches caused by simple nervous tension. An investigator tests this remedy on 100 randomly selected patients. Find the probability that: A. The first person to NOT be cured is the 5th person B. What is the expected number of patients who would be cured by the remedy?

Holt Mcdougal Larson Pre-algebra: Student Edition 2012
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Chapter11: Data Analysis And Probability
Section11.8: Probabilities Of Disjoint And Overlapping Events
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A headache remedy is said to be 80% effective in curing headaches caused by simple nervous tension. An investigator tests this remedy on 100 randomly selected patients. Find the probability that: A. The first person to NOT be cured is the 5th person B. What is the expected number of patients who would be cured by the remedy?
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