Grinstead-Snell-Probability · Problem 5.1.14

Distributions and Densities

Mathematics · poisson-distribution

Problem

On the average, only 1 person in 1000 has a particular rare blood type. (a) Find the probability that, in a city of 10,000 people, no one has this blood type. (b) How many people would have to be tested to give a probability greater than 1/21/2 of finding at least one person with this blood type?

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