The probability that a patient recovers from a stomach disease is .8. Suppose 20 people are known to have contracted this disease. What is the probability that exactly 14 recover?

Jason Farmer

Jason Farmer

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2021-08-17

The probability that a patient recovers from a stomach disease is .8.
Suppose 20 people are known to have contracted this disease.
What is the probability that exactly 14 recover?

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jlo2niT

Skilled2021-08-18Added 96 answers

Let Y be the random variable denoting the number of patients that recover from the stomach disease. Y is clearly a binomial random variable as each patient (or trial) is independent and has identical distribution, each patient will either recover or not recover(i.e. has only 2 values).
Here, n=20 and p=0.8.
We need to find P(Y=14). This can be found by using Table Iin Appendix 3 with n=20 and p=0.8.
P(Y=14)=P(Y14)P(Y13)=0.1960.087=0.109
Result: P(Y=14)=0.109

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