Quantitative Methods: The Effect of Allergy Relief Medicine
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Please apply quantitative methods for the following case.
A pharmaceutical company conducted a study to evaluate the effect of an allergy relief medicine. 250 patients with symptoms that included itchy eyes and a skin rash received the new drug.
The results of the study are as follows:
80 of the patients treated experienced eye relief,
154 had their skin rash clear up, and
45 experiences relief of both itchy eyes and skin rash.
What is the probability that a patient who takes the drug will experience relief of at least one of the two symptoms?
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Solution Summary
The probability that a patient that takes a new allergy relief medicine and will develop side effects is determined.
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For this problem, you would need to draw a Venn Diagram (the overlapping circles). I cannot draw one here, but imagine the following:
A square contains 250 dots spaced evenly in it (representing the 250 test subjects).
Two circles are drawn in the circle overlapping slightly in the middle.
The first circle (called ...
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