drug for a year and has 0 colds in that time, how likely is it that the drug is beneficial for him or her?

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The number of times that an individual contracts a cold in a given year is a Poisson random
variable with parameter A = 3. Suppose a new wonder drug has just been marketed that
reduces the Poisson parameter to A = 2 for 75 percent of the population. For the other 25
percent of the population, the drug has no appreciable effect on colds. If an individual tries the
drug for a year and has 0 colds in that time, how likely is it that the drug is beneficial for him
or her?
Transcribed Image Text:The number of times that an individual contracts a cold in a given year is a Poisson random variable with parameter A = 3. Suppose a new wonder drug has just been marketed that reduces the Poisson parameter to A = 2 for 75 percent of the population. For the other 25 percent of the population, the drug has no appreciable effect on colds. If an individual tries the drug for a year and has 0 colds in that time, how likely is it that the drug is beneficial for him or her?
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