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a screening of 1250 teenage boys shows 15 have high blood pressure what is the probability a teenage boy will have high blood pressure

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The answer would be 0.012%
User Rahul Pamnani
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In the least simple form, it's 15/1250. You can divide both sides by 5 to get a more simplified version of it, being 3 in every 250 people having high blood pressure.
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