Question

A doctor gives a patient a 6060?% chance of surviving bypass surgery after a heart attack. if the patient survives the? surgery, then the patient has a 4040?% chance that the heart damage will heal. find the probability that the patient survives the surgery and the heart damage heals.

Answer 1

.60 x .40 = .24 so the patient has a 24% chance of surviving the surgery and the damage healing