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A rare form of malignant tumor occurs in 11 children in a million, so its
a. Assuming that this tumor occurs as usual, find the mean number of cases in groups of14,270children.
b. Using the unrounded mean from part(a),
find the probability that the number of tumor cases in a group of14,270
children is 0 or 1.
find the probability that the number of tumor cases in a group of14,270
children is 0 or 1.
c. What is the probability of more than one case?
d. Does the cluster of four cases appear to be attributable to random chance? Why or why not?
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