The records at a rural medical centre show that • 35% of all children registered there have some form of respiratory illness (event A), • 14% have “glue” ear (event B), • 57% have neither of these two conditions (event C) Express each of the following events concerning a registered child in set notation and calculate the probability of the event in each case: (a) a child has both conditions; (b) a child has one or other condition; (c) a child has a respiratory illness but not “glue” ear; (d) a child has one or other condition but not both.

The records at a rural medical centre show that • 35% of all children registered there have some form of respiratory illness (event A), • 14% have “glue” ear (event B), • 57% have neither of these two conditions (event C) Express each of the following events concerning a registered child in set notation and calculate the probability of the event in each case: (a) a child has both conditions; (b) a child has one or other condition; (c) a child has a respiratory illness but not “glue” ear; (d) a child has one or other condition but not both.

A First Course in Probability (10th Edition)

10th Edition

ISBN:9780134753119

Author:Sheldon Ross

Publisher:Sheldon Ross

Chapter1: Combinatorial Analysis

Section: Chapter Questions

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