Each patient treated with a new medicine is cured independently with probability 0.3

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Problem

Each patient treated with a new medicine is cured independently with probability 0.3. What is the smallest number of patients that must be treated so that the probability of observing at least one cure is at least 0.95? (a)

8

(b)

9

(c)

10

(d)

3

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Probability Rules
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