Risk of repeated exposure to an event

Risk of repeated exposure to an event
Message posted by charles (via 195.107.47.211) on December 18, 2001 at 12:44 PM (ET)

If the risk of catching an illness is 2% per exposure, what is the risk of catching it after 12 exposures? How is this calculated?

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Re: Risk of repeated exposure to an event
Message posted by JG (via 128.8.23.230) on December 18, 2001 at 5:50 PM (ET)

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