Explain which one would be the better medication

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1. There are 17 people at a party. Explain what the probability is that any two of them share the same birthday. [Show your work]

2. A cold and flu study is looking at how two different medications work on sore throats and fever: [Show your work]

• Sore throat - Medication A: Success rate - 90% (101 out of 112 trials were successful)

• Sore throat - Medication B: Success rate - 83% (252 out of 305 trials were successful)

• Fever - Medication A: Success rate - 71% (205 out of 288 trials were successful)

• Fever - Medication B: Success rate - 68% (65 out of 95 trials were successful)

Analyze the data and explain which one would be the better medication for both a sore throat and a fever.

3. The United States employed a statistician to examine damaged planes returning from bombing missions over Germany in World War II. He found that the number of returned planes that had damage to the fuselage was far greater than those that had damage to the engines. His recommendation was to enhance the reinforcement of the engines rather than the fuselages. If damage to the fuselage was far more common, explain why he made this recommendation.

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