Two different chemotherapy regimens can be used for the treatment of breast cancer. the treatment with doxorubicin is known to show a remission rate 40% of the time. this treatment costs $1,000. the other treatment, with docetaxel, shows a remission rate 25% of the time and costs $850. the two treatment plans are as follows:

plan a: treatment with doxorubicin—if not effective, treatment with docetaxel.
plan b: treatment with docetaxel—if not effective, treatment with doxorubicin.

if you are the patient, which statement is the best choice?

a. based on the probability of overall remission rate, plan a should be selected over plan b.

b. based on the probability of overall remission rate, plan b should be selected over plan a.

c. based on the cost of the first treatment alone, plan a should be selected over plan b.

d. based on the overall cost of treatment, plan b should be selected over plan a.

e. based on the probability of survival rate and the cost of treatment, both plans are equivalent, so either can be selected.

15% chance.

step-by-step explanation:

3/10 times, the 5 year old will get a tablet. 5/10 times, the 13 yer old will get a tablet. multiply both fractions to get 15/100 times, both would have a tablet.

step-by-step explanation:

i found the life tables for the year 2012. 

life table of males at age 30. probability of dying between ages x and x+1

total population:  

29–30 . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.001030

30–31 . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.001061

males:  

29–30 . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.001420

30–31 . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.001448

white population

29–30 . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.001005

30–31 . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.001037

white males

29–30 . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.001372

30–31 . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.001399

non hispanic white population

29–30 . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.001083

30–31 . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.001116

non hispanic white males

29–30 . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.001477

30–31 . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.001503

jacob, non hispanic white male. 30 years old.

probability that jacob lives to be 30 years old. 

since the given probabilities are probabilities of dying, i think we simply subtract it from 1 to get the probability of living. we will use the probability of non hispanic white male.

                                          probability of living to be 30 y.o.

29 - 30 : 1 - 0.001477 = 0.998523

30 - 31 : 1 - 0.001503 = 0.998497