A medical testing laboratory saves money by combining blood samples for tests, so that only one test

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A medical testing laboratory saves money by combining blood samples for tests, so that only one test is conducted for several people. The combined sample tests positive if at least one person is infected. If the combined sample tests positive, then individual blood tests are performed. In a test for gonorrhea, blood samples from 30 randomly selected people are combined. Find the probability that the combined sample tests positive with at least one of the 30 people infected. Based on data from the Centers for Disease Control, the probability of a randomly selected person having gonorrhea is 0.00114. Is it likely that such combined samples test positive?

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Elementary Statistics

ISBN: 9780321500243

11th Edition

Authors: Mario F. Triola

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