The following table gives the percent of a country's population having each of the eight possible blood types in the sample space. Note that the presence or absence of the Rh antigen is indicated by the symbols + or −, respectively. Blood Types A+ A− B+ B− AB+ AB− O+ O− Percent 35.9 6.3 8.5 1.5 3.4 0.8 37.4 6.2 (a) What is the probability that a person selected at random from the population has a blood type that is type A given that the person is Rh−? (Round your answer to two decimal places.) (b) What is the probability that a person selected at random from the population has a blood type that is Rh+ given that the person is type B? (Round your answer to two decimal places.)

The following table gives the percent of a country's population having each of the eight possible blood types in the sample space. Note that the presence or absence of the Rh antigen is indicated by the symbols + or −, respectively. Blood Types A+ A− B+ B− AB+ AB− O+ O− Percent 35.9 6.3 8.5 1.5 3.4 0.8 37.4 6.2 (a) What is the probability that a person selected at random from the population has a blood type that is type A given that the person is Rh−? (Round your answer to two decimal places.) (b) What is the probability that a person selected at random from the population has a blood type that is Rh+ given that the person is type B? (Round your answer to two decimal places.)

A First Course in Probability (10th Edition)

10th Edition

ISBN:9780134753119

Author:Sheldon Ross

Publisher:Sheldon Ross

Chapter1: Combinatorial Analysis

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Blood Types	A⁺	A⁻	B⁺	B⁻	AB⁺	AB⁻	O⁺	O⁻
Percent	35.9	6.3	8.5	1.5	3.4	0.8	37.4	6.2

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