The Table Below Represents a Random Sample of the Number

question 165

Multiple Choice

The table below represents a random sample of the number of deaths per 100 cases for a certain illness overtime. If a person infected with this illness is randomly selected from all infected people, find the probabilitythat the person lives 3-4 years after diagnosis. Express your answer as a simplified fraction and as a decimal. $\begin{array}{l|l}\text { Years after Diagnosis } & \text { Number deaths } \\\hline 1-2 & 15 \\3-4 & 35 \\5-6 & 16 \\7-8 & 9 \\9-10 & 6 \\11-12 & 4 \\13-14 & 2 \\15+ & 13\end{array}$

• A) \(\frac { 35 } { 100 } ; 0.35\)
• B) \(\frac { 1 } { 35 } ; 0.029\)
• C) \(\frac { 35 } { 65 } ; 0.538\)
• D) \(\frac { 7 } { 120 } ; 0.058\)

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