It is estimated that approximately 8.36% Americans are afflicted with diabetes. Suppose that a certain diagnostic evaluation for diabetes will correctly diagnose 94.5% of all adults over 40 with diabetes as having the disease and incorrectly diagnoses 2% of all adults over 40 without diabetes as having the disease. Round final answers to four significant digits b) Find the probability that a randomly selected adult of 40 is diagnosed as not having diabetes.

It is estimated that approximately 8.36% Americans are afflicted with diabetes. Suppose that a certain diagnostic evaluation for diabetes will correctly diagnose 94.5% of all adults over 40 with diabetes as having the disease and incorrectly diagnoses 2% of all adults over 40 without diabetes as having the disease. Round final answers to four significant digits b) Find the probability that a randomly selected adult of 40 is diagnosed as not having diabetes.

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It is estimated that approximately 8.36% Americans are afflicted with diabetes. Suppose that a certain diagnostic evaluation for diabetes will correctly diagnose 94.5% of all adults over 40 with diabetes as having the disease and incorrectly diagnoses 2% of all adults over 40 without diabetes as having the disease. Round final answers to four significant digits

b) Find the probability that a randomly selected adult of 40 is diagnosed as not having diabetes.

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