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17 January, 13:20

The surgeon explains the risks to you: infection occurs in 3% of such operations, the repair fails in 16%, and both infection and failure occur together in 1%. what percent of these operations succeed and are free from infection?

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  1. 17 January, 15:58
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    P (fail U infection) = P (fail) + P (infection) - P (fail AND infection)

    ==>

    0.03 + 0.16 - 0.01 = -.18

    ==>

    P (success AND infection-free)

    ==>

    1 - 0.18 = 0.82

    ==>

    Therefore, 82 percent of these operations succeed and are free from infection.
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