A particular study showed that 12% of men will likely develop prostate cancer at some point in their lives. A man with prostate cancer has a 95% chance of a positive test result from a medical screening exam. A man without prostate cancer has a 6% chance of getting a false positive test result. What is the probability that a man has cancer given that he has a positive test result?   0.95 0.1668 0.683 0.317

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A particular study showed that 12% of men will likely develop prostate cancer at some point in their lives. A man with prostate cancer has a 95% chance of a positive test result from a medical screening exam. A man without prostate cancer has a 6% chance of getting a false positive test result. What is the probability that a man has cancer given that he has a positive test result?
 
0.95
0.1668
0.683
0.317

 

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