X divided by 2 Equals 5

When doing blood testing for a viral infection, the procedure can be made more efficient and less expensive by combining partial

Serjik [45]

Answer:

0.1694 = 16.94% probability of a positive result for three samples combined into one mixture.

Step-by-step explanation:

For each test, there are only two possible outcomes. Either it is positive, or it is negative. The probability of a test being positive or negative is independent of any other test, which means that the binomial probability distribution is used to solve this question.

Binomial probability distribution

The binomial probability is the probability of exactly x successes on n repeated trials, and X can only have two outcomes.

$P(X = x) = C_{n,x}.p^{x}.(1-p)^{n-x}$

In which $C_{n,x}$ is the number of different combinations of x objects from a set of n elements, given by the following formula.

$C_{n,x} = \frac{n!}{x!(n-x)!}$

And p is the probability of X happening.

The probability of an individual blood sample testing positive for the virus is 0.06.

This means that $p = 0.06$

If samples from three people are combined and the mixture tests negative, we know that all three individual samples are negative. Find the probability of a positive result for three samples combined into one mixture.

It will be positive if at least one of the tests is positive, that is:

$P(X \geq 1) = 1 - P(X = 0)$

In which

$P(X = x) = C_{n,x}.p^{x}.(1-p)^{n-x}$

$P(X = 0) = C_{3,0}.(0.06)^{0}.(0.94)^{3} = 0.8306$

Then

$P(X \geq 1) = 1 - P(X = 0) = 1 - 0.8306 = 0.1694$

0.1694 = 16.94% probability of a positive result for three samples combined into one mixture.

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3 years ago

How do you know if the factors will have negatives or positives in them?

harina [27]

When using factoring by grouping, the replacement terms will both have the same sign of the original middle term. If the last term is negative, then the signs of the factors will have one of each sign with the “stronger” number (the larger absolute value) matching the middle term. hope this helps

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3 years ago

A small auditorium has 12 rows of seats. There are 10 seats in the first row and 15 seats in the second row. The number of seats

Allushta [10]

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There are 450 seats in the auditorium

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djverab [1.8K]

Answer:

3874.5342

Step-by-step explanation: