Use the following results from a test for marijuana use, which is provided by a certain drug testing company. Among 145 subjects with positive test results, there are 21false positive results; among 157 negative results, there are 3 false negative results. If one of the test subjects is randomly selected, find the probability that the subjecttested negative or did not use marijuana. (Hint: Construct a table )The probability that a randomly selected subject tested negative or did not use marijuana is(Do not round until the final answer. Then round to three decimal places as needed.)

The total sample size of the experiment is given by, ⇒nTotal=nPositives+nNegatives=145+157=302 The…

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