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A new vaccine against the coronavirus has been developed. The vaccine was tested on
10,000 volunteers and the study has shown that 65% of those tested do not get sick from the
coronavirus. Unfortunately, the vaccine has side effects and in the study it was shown that
the probability of getting side effects among those who did not get sick is 0.31, while the
probability of getting side effects among those who got sick from corona despite vaccination
is 0.15.

(b) What is the probability that a randomly vaccinated person does not become ill with the
coronavirus and does not get side effects?


(c) What is the probability that a randomly vaccinated person gets side effects?


(d) What is the probability that a randomly vaccinated person who has not experienced side
effects does not become ill with the coronavirus? 

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