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If there are ten adults, what is the likelihood that at least one of them has high blood pressure?

a) 10%
b) 50%
c) 90%
d) 100%

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Final answer:

Without the base probability of a single individual having high blood pressure, we cannot calculate the specific likelihood that at least one out of ten adults has it. However, we would use the complement rule to find this probability if the individual probability was known. The answer is likely less than 100% but the exact value between 10%, 50%, or 90% cannot be determined.

Step-by-step explanation:

To determine the likelihood that at least one out of ten adults has high blood pressure, we would typically need to know the base probability of a single individual having high blood pressure. However, since we are not given this information, we can not calculate the probability specifically. The answer options suggest that we are looking for a theoretical probability. Theoretically, if each of the ten adults had a probability of 9.5% of having high blood pressure (based on the provided context), the likelihood that at least one out of ten having high blood pressure would be calculated using the complement rule of probability: 1 - P(none have high blood pressure).

To find the probability that none have high blood pressure, we raise the complement of the single probability (1 - 0.095)=sup>10. Then we subtract this from one to find the probability that at least one has high blood pressure. Since we cannot give a specific answer without more information, the most accurate approach would be to say that the probability is likely less than 100% but without the actual probability for an individual, we cannot choose between 10%, 50%, or 90%. In a real-world scenario, this probability would depend on the demographics and health profiles of the individuals.

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