People with O-Negative Blood Are Called "Universal Donors" Because O-Negative

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Multiple Choice

People with O-negative blood are called "universal donors" because O-negative blood can be given to anyone else regardless of the recipient's blood type.About 6% of people have type O-negative blood.A clinic is running a blood drive.If at least 220 O-negative donors give blood,the clinic will have sufficient O-negative blood for the coming month.If 4000 donors come to the blood drive,what's the probability that the clinic will not have sufficient O-negative donors?

• A)0.131
• B)0.092
• C)0.908
• D)0.464
• E)0.109

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