Only 1 in 5000 adults is afflicted with a rare disease for which a diagnostic test has been developed. The test is such that when an individual actually has the disease, a positive result will occur 97% of the time, whereas an individual without the disease will show a positive test result only 3% of the time. If a randomly selected individual is tested and the result is positive, what is the probability that the individual has the disease?

Only 1 in 5000 adults is afflicted with a rare disease for which a diagnostic test has been developed. The test is such that when an individual actually has the disease, a positive result will occur 97% of the time, whereas an individual without the disease will show a positive test result only 3% of the time. If a randomly selected individual is tested and the result is positive, what is the probability that the individual has the disease?

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A First Course in Probability (10th Edition)

10th Edition

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Author:Sheldon Ross

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Chapter1: Combinatorial Analysis

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