A clinical trial tested 320 subjects for a medical condition using an experimental diagnostic procedure. Of these subject 175 were known to have the condition in question and the remainder did not have the condition. A total of 45 subjects known to have the conditions tested negative when the experimental procedure was used. In addition 10 of the subjects known to not have the condition tested positive when the experimental procedure was used. Based on this information the sensitivity of the experimental procedure is____? and the specificity is _____?

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A clinical trial tested 320 subjects for a medical condition using an experimental diagnostic procedure. Of these subject 175 were known to have the condition in question and the remainder did not have the condition. A total of 45 subjects known to have the conditions tested negative when the experimental procedure was used. In addition 10 of the subjects known to not have the condition tested positive when the experimental procedure was used. Based on this information the sensitivity of the experimental procedure is____? and the specificity is _____? For both boxes write the answer as a fraction.

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