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  • Oct 8, 2008, 12:28 PM
    lovecare
    solve the probability
    Hello


    could any one help me in this?? /


    the following table shows the distribution of blood types in the general population
    A B AB O TOTAL
    Rh+ 34% 9% 4% 38% 85%
    Rh- 6% 2% 1% 6% 15%
    Total 40 11 5 44 100


    mY question is



    a) What is the probability a person will be Rh- given she or he has type O blood ?

    b) What is the probability a person will have type B blood given he or she is Rh+ ?
  • Oct 10, 2008, 08:49 AM
    garcon81

    An easy way to think about it is to take the table above and assume each percentage point corresponds to one person - so, 100 people total. Then,

    a) There are 44 people with blood type O - 38 of them are Rh+, and 6 are Rh-. Then the odds of being Rh- with type O blood are 6/44.

    b) Similarly - 85 people are Rh+. 9 of them have blood type B, so 9/85 is the probability.

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