A Hospital Reports That Two Patients Have Been Admitted Who

question 94

Multiple Choice

A hospital reports that two patients have been admitted who have contracted Crohnʹs disease. Suppose our experiment consists of observing whether each patient survives or dies as a result of
The disease. The simple events and probabilities of their occurrences are shown in the table (where
S in the first position means that patient 1 survives, D in the first position means that patient 1
Dies, etc.) . $$\begin{array} { c c } \text { Simple Events } & \text { Probabilities } \\\text { SS } & 0.55 \\\text { SD } & 0.20 \\D S & 0.16 \\D D & 0.09\end{array}$$ Find the probability that both patients survive.

• A)0.36
• B)0.3025
• C)0.09
• D)0.55

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