Statistics (12th Edition)

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Chapter 3 - Probability - Exercises 3.1 - 3.34 - Applying the Concepts - Basic - Page 121: 3.22a

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6 out of 1,000 people exposed to wet sand for a 10-minute period will acquire gastroenteritis. If a beachgoer spends 10 minutes in the wet sand, the probability that he or she will acquire gastroenteritis is: P = 6/1000 = 0.006

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