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Posted by tina on Wednesday, November 23, 2011 at 7:11pm.

In testing a new drug, researchers found that 1% of all patients using it will have a mild side effect. A random sample of 12 patients using the drug is selected. Find the probability that:

(A) exactly one will have this mild side effect
(B) at least one will have this mild side effect.

stats - MathGuru, Friday, November 25, 2011 at 7:34pm
You can use a binomial probability table, which is the easiest way to do this problem.

For A, find P(1).
For B, find P(0), then subtract that value from 1.

To find the probabilities in the table:
For A, n = 12, p = .01, x = 1
For B, n = 12, p = .01, x = 0

I'll let you take it from here.

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