A test for a certain disease has a probability of 0.92 of detecting the disease when it is present and a probability of 0.08 of falsely detecting it when it is not present. The proportion of people who are not afflicted by the disease for a given population is 70%. What is the probability that a randomly selected person from the district will test positive?

A test for a certain disease has a probability of 0.92 of detecting the disease when it is present and a probability of 0.08 of falsely detecting it when it is not present. The proportion of people who are not afflicted by the disease for a given population is 70%. What is the probability that a randomly selected person from the district will test positive?

College Algebra

7th Edition

ISBN:9781305115545

Author:James Stewart, Lothar Redlin, Saleem Watson

Publisher:James Stewart, Lothar Redlin, Saleem Watson

Chapter9: Counting And Probability

Section: Chapter Questions

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