a doctor gives a patient a60% chance of surviving bypass surgery after a heart a

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a doctor gives a patient a60% chance of surviving bypass surgery after a heart attack. If thepatient survives the surgery, he has a 50% chance that the heartdamage will heal. Find the probability that the patient survivessurgery and the heart damage heals. a doctor gives a patient a60% chance of surviving bypass surgery after a heart attack. If thepatient survives the surgery, he has a 50% chance that the heartdamage will heal. Find the probability that the patient survivessurgery and the heart damage heals.

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P(Survive surgery and heart damage heals) = P(Survive urgery)*P(Heart damage heals) = (0.6)*(0.5) = 0.3

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