A First Course in Probability (10th Edition)
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Author: Sheldon Ross
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in a hospital emergency room over the course of a year 110 patients had heart attacks over the course of a year 80 of these patients survived: What is the probability of serving a heart attack? Round to the nearest hundredth, B. What are the odds against surviving a heart attack?
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