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A baker has made 280 cookies, 175 of which have chocolate chips and 84 of which have sprinkles. 35 of the 280 cookies have both chocolate chips and sprinkles. One cookie is selected at random. Find the probability that this cookie… (Hint: While not necessary, a Venn Diagram may help you with this problem.) A.) Has chocolate chips [a] Retype your answer [b]   B.) Does not have sprinkles [c] Retype your answer [d]   C.) Has either chocolate chips or sprinkles [e] Retype your answer [f]   D.) Has neither chocolate chips nor sprinkles [g] Retype your answer [h]   (Enter all answers as decimals to 3 decimal places. Do not enter fractions.)

A wound that is surgically closed after granulation tissue has formed is considered which type of closure?

A 6 month old, female spayed, Chinese Shar-Pei has recently been adopted and the clients have noticed signs of blepharospasm, photophobia, and report that she often rubs her face and eyes.  On your physical examination, you notice signs of excess lacrimation and conjunctivitis.  She is diagnosed with entropion and her owners wish to pursue surgical correction.  Which instrument should be readily available to ensure the surgeon has a firm surface to make their incision over?

The centromeres split and the sister chromatids separate during which phase of mitosis?

Given two events A and B with P(A) = 0.7 and P(B) = 0.2, find P(A∩B) if you also know that… A.) P(A|B) = 0.6 [a] Retype your answer [b] B.) P(A∪B) = 0.85 [c] Retype your answer [d] (Hint: Parts A and B use the same starting information but are completely separate questions.)  (Troubleshooting:  If the symbols aren’t displaying properly, you are being asked to find A intersect B in both parts.  In part B, you are told the value of A union B.)

  A patient often experiences numbness and pain in the thumb and first two fingers on his right hand. He goes to his doctor, who suspects that carpal tunnel syndrome is the reason for the numbness and pain. The doctor then orders a simple test to see how fast nerve impulses move up and down the patient’s arm. The doctor’s preliminary diagnosis of carpal tunnel syndrome before the test is a(n)  

Which catheter is most appropriate to place for a diabetic patient that is undergoing a procedure and expected to be inappetant for several days post-op?

Alabama falls into which political culture (according to Elazar’s theory)? 

Suppose there are 250 students enrolled in Math 1105 this semester at UMSL. You want to determine the average number of hours a typical student has studied for Exam 3 this semester. You survey 40 classmates and find that the average number of hours studied for these 40 students was 4.2.   Identify the population in this situation.

Which political party dominated the convention at which the 1901 Constitution was written?