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Oleiade · Answer 1 · 2020-04-01T08:31:10+0000

Answer:

C. Children have much greater chance of having side effects than adults.

Explanation:

It is known that the conditional probability for two events A and B is given by,

$P(A|B)=(P(A\cap B))/(P(B))$ .

Then, according to the table, we have,

$P(sideeffects|child)=(P(sideeffects\cap child))/(P(child))$

i.e.
P(sideeffects|child)=(20)/(50)

i.e.
P(sideeffects|child)=0.40

Moreover,

$P(sideeffects|adult)=(P(sideeffects\cap adult))/(P(adult))$

i.e.
P(sideeffects|adult)=(6)/(50)

i.e.
P(sideeffects|adult)=0.12

As 0.40 > 0.12.

Children have more chances of having side effects than adults.

Hence, option C is correct.