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Question 7

A person's blood group is determined by whether or not it contains any of 3 substances AAA, B B\,B and CCC.

A doctor surveyed 300 patients' blood and produced the table below.

Blood containsNo. of Patients
only CCC100
A A\,A and C C\,C but not BBB100
only AAA30
B B\,B and C C\,C but not AAA25
only BBB12
AAA, B B\,B and CCC10
A A\,A and B B\,B but not CCC3
a.

Draw a Venn diagram to represent this information.

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b.

Find the probability that a randomly chosen patient's blood contains substance CCC.

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c.

Harry is one of the patients. Given that his blood contains substance AAA, find the probability that his blood contains all 3 substances.

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d.

Patients whose blood contains none of these substances are called universal blood donors. Find the probability that a randomly chosen patient is a universal blood donor.

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