One out of every one- thousand people have disease X. A new test for X is available, but it's not very accurate. If you have X, there is an 80% chance the test comes back positive and a 20% chance it comes back negative. If you don't have X, there is a 60% chance the test comes back negative and a 40% chance it comes back positive. Question: You are randomly chosen to be tested for X. Since the test is not very accurate, you are administered the test 10 times; assume the outcomes of these 10 tests are independent. Seven out of the 10 tests come back positive. Given these test results, what is the probability you have X?

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One out of every one- thousand people have disease X. A new test for X is available, but it's not very accurate.

If you have X, there is an 80% chance the test comes back positive and a 20% chance it comes back negative. If you don't have X, there is a 60% chance the test comes back negative and a 40% chance it comes back positive.

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You are randomly chosen to be tested for X. Since the test is not very accurate, you are
administered the test 10 times; assume the outcomes of these 10 tests are independent. Seven
out of the 10 tests come back positive. Given these test results, what is the probability you
have X?

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