About 8.3% of the American population has diabetes(both Type 1 and Type2). A com

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About 8.3% of the American population has diabetes(both Type 1 and Type2). A combination of blood tests accurately diagnoses the disease 99.3% of the time. The test give false positive results for 1.2% of the people who do not have the disease.

What is the probability that the blood test show that a person does not have the disease?

a. 0.8298

b. 0.4406

c. 0.2311

d. 0.3500

What is the probability that a person does not have the disease, given that the test results were positive?

a. 0.3201

b. 0.0427

c. 0.1623

d. 0.1178

Explanation / Answer

b. 0.4406

d. 0.1178

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