At this hospital, 2% of patients are classified as Level 1, 7% are classified as Level 2, 30% are
classified as Level 3, 10% are classified as Level 5, and the remaining percentage of patients are
classified as Level 4.
At this hospital, 99% of Level 1 patients stay overnight, 90% of Level 2 patients stay overnight, 30%
of Level 3 patients stay overnight, 10% of Level 4 patients stay overnight, and 1% of Level 5 patients
stay overnight.
Kennedy (a nurse at this hospital) randomly selects a patient who is staying in the hospital
overnight. What is the probability that this patient was initially classified as Level 1? Round to the
three decimal places.
Hint
P(Level 1 GIVEN overnight) =
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