Question 1 What is the probability that a person has fever given that they have malaria? Question 2 How many people likely have the flu? Question 3 From the given information alone, is it possible to compute the probability of having the flu given that one has a fever?
Question 1 What is the probability that a person has fever given that they have malaria? Question 2 How many people likely have the flu? Question 3 From the given information alone, is it possible to compute the probability of having the flu given that one has a fever?
Holt Mcdougal Larson Pre-algebra: Student Edition 2012
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Chapter11: Data Analysis And Probability
Section11.9: Independent And Dependent Events
Problem 3C
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Suppose that the joint probability of having malaria and having a fever is 1% and the joint probability of having the flu and having a fever is 2%. Additionally, suppose we take the world population to be 7 billion, the number of people worldwide currently infected with malaria 200 million, and the probability of having a fever if infected with the flu to be 40%.
Question 1 What is the probability that a person has fever given that they have malaria?
Question 2 How many people likely have the flu?
Question 3 From the given information alone, is it possible to compute the probability of having the flu given that one has a fever?
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