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Human Blood Is Classified by the Presence or Absence of Three

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Human blood is classified by the presence or absence of three main antigens (A, B, and Rh) . When a blood specimen is typed, the presence of the A and/or B antigen is indicated by listing the letter A and/or the letter B. If neither the A nor B antigen is present, the letter O is used. The presence or absence of the Rh antigen is indicated by the symbols + or -, respectively. Thus, if a blood specimen is classified as AB+, it contains the A and the B antigens as well as the Rh antigen. Similarly, O- blood contains none of the three antigens. Using this information, determine the sample space corresponding to the different blood groups.


A) {AB+, AB-, AO+, BO+, AO-, BO-, O+, O-}
B) {AB+, AB-, O+, O-}
C) {A+, B+, A-, B-, O+, O-}
D) {AB+, AB-, A+, B+, A-, B-, O+, O-, ABO-, AO+, AO-, BO+, BO-}
E) {AB+, AB-, A+, B+, A-, B-, O+, O-}

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