Consider the hospital emergency department visits shown in table below. People may leave without being seen by a physician, and those visits are denoted as LWBS. The remaining visits are serviced at the emergency department, and the visitor may or may not be admitted for a stay in the hospital. Assume that the record is reviewed from a visit selected randomly from the table. a. What is the probability that the visit is LWBS or that the visit is from hospital 2? b. What is the probability that the visit is not LWBS and the hospital is 1 or 3?

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Consider the hospital emergency department visits shown in table below. People may leave without being seen by a physician, and those visits are denoted as LWBS. The remaining visits are serviced at the emergency department, and the visitor may or may not be admitted for a stay in the hospital.

Assume that the record is reviewed from a visit selected randomly from the table.

a. What is the probability that the visit is LWBS or that the visit is from hospital 2?

b. What is the probability that the visit is not LWBS and the hospital is 1 or 3? 

Hospital
1 2 3
4
Total
Total
5337 7048 5754 4405
22544
LWBS
190
267
247
248
952
Admitted
1267
1538
669
964
4438
Not admitted 3880 5243 4838
3193
17154
Transcribed Image Text:Hospital 1 2 3 4 Total Total 5337 7048 5754 4405 22544 LWBS 190 267 247 248 952 Admitted 1267 1538 669 964 4438 Not admitted 3880 5243 4838 3193 17154
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