a new study finds that the incidence of heart attack while taking a certain diabetes drug is less than 5%. Should a person with diabetes take this drug? Should they take the drug if the risk is less than 1%? Explain your reasoning. Someone please help I do not understand what this question is asking me !!

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unklerhaukus · Answer

is  5% probability    likely , or unlikely?

anonymous · Answer

it does not say wether or not it is likely or unlikely

unklerhaukus · Answer

100% probability   means  it will definitely happen

0% probability   means  it will definitely not happen

50% probability   means  it will happen half the time

anonymous · Answer

i am guessing it is 5% out of 100%

anonymous · Answer

yes

anonymous · Answer

its a pretty high probability for a drug

unklerhaukus · Answer

if 100 people took the diabetes drug,  you could expect about 5 of them to have a heart attack

anonymous · Answer

yeah i think i figured out what they are asking me . & no unklerhaukus, it is saying if someone was taking the drugs they would have 5 or 1 % chance of having a heart attack and 95 or 99 % chance of not having one . i figured it out, but thank you guys!