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A medicine is known to be 50% effective to cure a patient. If the medicine is given to 4 patients, what is the probability that at least one patient is cured by this medicine1. 1/22. 1/163. 3/44. 15/16

Answer» Correct Answer - Option 4 : 15/16

Concept:

Probability of event hapening = 1 - probability of event not happening

 

Calculation:

Here, probability of medicine to  cure patient = 1/2

And, probability of none cured = 1 - 1/2 = 1/2

The probability that at least one patient is cured by this medicine = 1 - none patient cured by this medicine 

= 1 - (1/2) ×(1/2) ×(1/2) ×(1/2) 

= 1 - (1/2)4

= 15/16

Hence, option (4) is correct. 



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