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const2013 [10]
3 years ago
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A study of the residents of a region showed that 20% were smokers. the probability of death due to lung cancer, given that a per

son smoked, was ten times the probability of death due to lung cancer, given that the 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 the person is a smoker
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1 answer:
Sonja [21]3 years ago
5 0
D: Death due to LC
S: Smokers
NS: Non-Smokers

P (D) = P (D|S).P (S) + (P D|NS) . P (S)
0,006 =  10a*0,2 + a*0,8
you've got  a

And substitute to P (D|S) = 10a
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