A patient taking an antiviral medication recovers from a respiratory disease with 35% probability. of the next 18 patients having this antiviral medication   a. what is the probability that more than 14 of them will recover? b. how many, on average, will recover from the said respiratory disease?

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A patient taking an antiviral medication recovers from a respiratory disease with 35% probability. of the next 18 patients having this antiviral medication

 

a. what is the probability that more than 14 of them will recover?

b. how many, on average, will recover from the said respiratory disease?

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