Malaria is a debilitating and potentially deadly parasitic infection. It can be

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Malaria is a debilitating and potentially deadly parasitic infection. It can be cured and is mostly preventable with community health precautions but many developing countries lack the necessary resources. The West African Country of Guinea has a high rate of malaria, with 70% of its population infected.

A physician from "Doctors without Borders" sees 4 patients in a given hour.

Assume the patient visits are independent.

Let X be the count of patients who are infected with malaria among the 4 patients seen in any random one hour.

a) What is the probability of the Bernoulli event of "having malaria"? ……….

b) What is the number of trials in the situation above?

Explanation / Answer

A) the probability of the Bernoulli event of having malaria = 0.7

B) number of trials in this situation = 4

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