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I NEED HELP ASAP........On average, 15%of the patients a certain emergency room receives are uninsured. Let N be the number of patients the emergency room receives until it receives the first uninsured patient of the day. Assume the insurance status of the patients is independent.

Find the probability that it takes at least 6 patients until the emergency room receives the first uninsured patient.
You may round your answer to the nearest hundredth.

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Answer:

  • 15% are uninsured
  • Hence 85% will be insured on average
  • Let N be those going in
  • Then you figure out the rest
User Biberman
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Step-b15% are uninsured

Hence 85% will be insured on average

Let N be those going in

Then you figure out the resty-step explanation:

User Manu Evans
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