4.130 Blood Tests To reduce the cost of detecting a disease, blood tests are conducted on a...
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4.130 Blood Tests To reduce the cost of detecting a disease, blood tests are conducted on a pooled sample of blood collected from a group of n people. If no indication of the disease is present in the pooled blood sample (as is usually the case), none have the disease. If analysis of the pooled blood sample indicates that the disease is present, each individual must submit to a blood test. The individual tests are conducted in sequence. If, among a group of five people, one person has the disease, what is the probability that six blood tests (including the pooled test) are required to detect the single diseased person? If two people have the dis- ease, what is the probability that six tests are required to locate both diseased people?
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Introduction To Probability And Statistics
ISBN: 9780176509804
3rd Edition
Authors: William Mendenhall