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Three patients with blood types B, AB, and O are waiting for blood transfusions. The hospital's blood bank only contains blood types A and O. Which patient should receive which type of blood? Explain.

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All patients can receive O. Only A and AB can receive A. This is because their antibodies cannot have B. They don’t have antibodies for O, so they can all receive it.
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