Upon arrival at a hospital's emergency room, patients are categorized according to their conditions as critical, serious or stable. Past records indicated that 10% of the emergency room patients were critical. 30% of the emergency room patients were serious. The rest of the emergency room patients were stable. 40% of the critical patient died. 10% of the serious patient died. 1% of the stable patient died. Given that a patient in the emergency room survived, find the probability that the patient was categorized as serious.
Upon arrival at a hospital's emergency room, patients are categorized according to their conditions as critical, serious or stable. Past records indicated that 10% of the emergency room patients were critical. 30% of the emergency room patients were serious. The rest of the emergency room patients were stable. 40% of the critical patient died. 10% of the serious patient died. 1% of the stable patient died. Given that a patient in the emergency room survived, find the probability that the patient was categorized as serious.
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Transcribed Image Text:Upon arrival at a hospital's emergency room, patients are categorized according to their
conditions as critical, serious or stable. Past records indicated that
10% of the emergency room patients were critical.
30% of the emergency room patients were serious.
• The rest of the emergency room patients were stable.
40% of the critical patient died.
10% of the serious patient died.
1% of the stable patient died.
Given that a patient in the emergency room survived, find the probability that the
patient was categorized as serious.
A. 0.15
B. 0.21
C. 0.29
D. 0.35
E. 0.46
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