A survey of people in a given region showed that 20% were smokers. The probability of death

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A survey of people in a given region showed that 20% were smokers. The probability of death due to lung cancer, given that a person smoked, was roughly 10 times the probability of death due to lung cancer, given that a person did not smoke. If the probability of death due to lung cancer in the region is .006, what is the probability of death due to lung cancer given that a person is a smoker?
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Introduction To Probability And Statistics

ISBN: 9781133103752

14th Edition

Authors: William Mendenhall, Robert Beaver, Barbara Beaver

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