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Elis [28]
3 years ago
6

A public health researcher examines the medical records of a group of 937 men who died in 1999 and discovers that 210 of the men

died from causes related to heart disease. Moreover, 312 of the 937 men had at least one parent who suffered from heart disease, and, of these 312 men, 102 died from causes related to heart disease. Calculate the probability that a man randomly selected from this group died of causes related to heart disease, given that neither of his parents suffered from heart disease. (A) 0.115 (B) 0.173 (C) 0.224 (D) 0.327 (E) 0.514
Mathematics
1 answer:
Julli [10]3 years ago
4 0

Answer:

The correct option is (B) 0.173.

Step-by-step explanation:

The law of total probability states that:

P(A)=P(A\cap B)+P(A\cap B^{c})

The conditional probability of an event <em>A</em> given that another event <em>B</em> has already occurred is:

P(A|B)=\frac{P(A\cap B)}{P(B)}

Then the probability of intersection of A and B is:

P(A\cap B)=P(A|B)\cdot P(B)

Denote the events as follows:

<em>H</em> = a man died from causes related to heart disease.

<em>X</em> = a man had at least one parent who suffered from heart disease

The information provided is:

P(H)=\frac{210}{937}\\\\P(X)=\frac{312}{937}\\\\P(H|X)=\frac{102}{312}

The probability that a man randomly selected from this group died of causes related to heart disease, given that neither of his parents suffered from heart disease is, P(H|X^{c}).

Compute the value of P(H|X^{c}) as follows:

P(H)=P(H|X)\cdot P(X)+P(H|X^{c})\cdot P(X^{c})

\frac{210}{937}=[\frac{102}{312}\cdot \frac{312}{937}]+[P(H|X^{c})\cdot (1-\frac{312}{937})]\\\\\frac{210}{937}-\frac{102}{937}=[P(H|X^{c})\cdot \frac{625}{937}]\\\\\frac{108}{937}=P(H|X^{c})\cdot \frac{625}{937}\\\\P(H|X^{c})=\frac{108}{937}\times \frac{937}{625}\\\\P(H|X^{c})=0.1728\\\\P(H|X^{c})\approx 0.173

Thus, the probability that a man randomly selected from this group died of causes related to heart disease, given that neither of his parents suffered from heart disease is 0.173.

The correct option is (B).

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