Assume that 2% of the Brazilian population had dengue fever and that a test correctly identified the fever 95% of the time. Assume that a false positive occurred 5% of the time. If a person tested positive for the fever, what was the probability that the person actually had the fever?

Assume that 2% of the Brazilian population had dengue fever and that a test correctly identified the fever 95% of the time. Assume that a false positive occurred 5% of the time. If a person tested positive for the fever, what was the probability that the person actually had the fever?

A First Course in Probability (10th Edition)

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Author:Sheldon Ross

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Chapter1: Combinatorial Analysis

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