Important information about Basic Probability
Each of 500 soldiers in an army company independently has a certain disease with probability 1/10[cubed]. This disease will show up in a blood test, and to facilitate matters blood samples from all 500 are pooled and tested.
a) What is the (approximate) probability that the blood test will be positive (and so at least one person has the disease)? Suppose that the blood test yields a positive result.
b) What is the probability under this circumstance, that more than one person has the disease? One of the 500 people is Jones, who knows he has the disease.
© BrainMass Inc. brainmass.com March 4, 2021, 6:14 pm ad1c9bdddfhttps://brainmass.com/math/probability/important-information-about-basic-probability-35983
Solution Preview
Please see the attached file for the complete solution.
Thanks for using BrainMass.
(a) Since the probability of a soldier having the disease is ...
Solution Summary
Basic probability problems are solved. The solution is detailed and well presented. The response received a rating of "5" from the student who originally posted the question.