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The following table shows the results of a recent health survey of 400 patients from hospitals of Muscat region in which they were asked whether there had been any known history of the disease in their family.
Diease
Heart Cancer Diabetes
Family history 88 44 38
No family history 92 76 62
If a patient is selected at random from Muscat region hospital, what is the probability that:
- He has cancer.
- He had a family history of their particular disease.
- He has cancer and no family history of cancer.
- He has diabetes given that he has a family history.
- He has no family history given that he has heart disease.
- Show that family history and cancer are not independent.
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