Which of the Following Probabilities Is the Highest

question 74

Multiple Choice

Which of the following probabilities is the highest?

• A) The chance that a white male has HIV.
• B) The chance that a white male has gonorrhea.
• C) The chance that an African-American man has HIV.
• D) The chance that an African-American woman has HIV.
• E) The chance that an African-American woman has gonorrhea.

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Definitions:

Atomic Mass Number

The total number of protons and neutrons in the nucleus of an atom, determining its mass.

Atomic

Relating to atoms, the smallest constituent unit of ordinary matter that constitutes a chemical element.

Mass Number

The total number of protons and neutrons in an atom's nucleus.

Isotopes

Variants of a particular chemical element that differ in neutron number, and consequently in nucleon number, but have the same number of protons in their nuclei.