The ten-year survival rate for bladder cancer, when a patient is properly treated, is 55%. If twelve patients who have bladder cancer are properly treated for the disease, what is the probability that: a) less than eleven of them survive past the 10 years? b) What is the expected number of these patients to survive past ten years?

The ten-year survival rate for bladder cancer, when a patient is properly treated, is 55%. If twelve patients who have bladder cancer are properly treated for the disease, what is the probability that: a) less than eleven of them survive past the 10 years? b) What is the expected number of these patients to survive past ten years?

A First Course in Probability (10th Edition)

10th Edition

ISBN:9780134753119

Author:Sheldon Ross

Publisher:Sheldon Ross

Chapter1: Combinatorial Analysis

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 1.1P: a. How many different 7-place license plates are possible if the first 2 places are for letters and...

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