A pharmacist has filled a box with six different kinds of antibiotic capsules. There are a total

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A pharmacist has filled a box with six different kinds of antibiotic capsules.

There are a total of 300 capsules, which are distributed as follows: tetracycline

(15), penicillin (30), minocycline (45), Bactrim (60), streptomycin (70), and Zithromax (80). She asks her assistant to mix the pills thoroughly and to withdraw a single capsule from the box. What is the probability that the capsule selected is:

a) either penicillin or streptomycin,

b) neither Zithromax nor tetracycline,

c) Bactrim,

d) not penicillin,

e) either minocycline, Bactrim, or tetracycline?

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Introductory Biostatistics For The Health Sciences

ISBN: 9780471411376

1st Edition

Authors: Michael R. Chernick, Robert H. Friis

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