According to Johns Hopkins data, the mortality rate of Covid-19 for the USA and the UK respectively 1.7% and 2.7%. It is expected that next week there will be 1,200,000 (1.2 million) and 238,000 Covid-19 cases for the US and the UK, respectively. Deaths in the USA and the UK assuming independent, Covid-19 for US and UK next week Find the probability that the total number of deaths is at least 27,000. Hint: Use the normal approximation to the binomial distribution.

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According to Johns Hopkins data, the mortality rate of Covid-19 for the USA and the UK respectively 1.7% and 2.7%.
It is expected that next week there will be 1,200,000 (1.2 million) and 238,000 Covid-19 cases for the US and the UK, respectively.
Deaths in the USA and the UK assuming independent, Covid-19 for US and UK next week Find the probability that the total number of deaths is at least 27,000.
Hint: Use the normal approximation to the binomial distribution.

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