a certain test for a particular cancer is known to be 95% accurate. a person submits to the test an the result is positive. suppose that a person comes from a population of 1lakh where 2000 people suffer from that disease. what can we conclude about the probabilty that the person under test has that particular cancer?

a certain test for a particular cancer is known to be 95% accurate. a person submits to the test an the result is positive. suppose that a person comes from a population of 1lakh where 2000 people suffer from that disease. what can we conclude about the probabilty that the person under test has that particular cancer?

College Algebra

7th Edition

ISBN:9781305115545

Author:James Stewart, Lothar Redlin, Saleem Watson

Publisher:James Stewart, Lothar Redlin, Saleem Watson

Chapter9: Counting And Probability

Section9.3: Binomial Probability

Problem 2E: If a binomial experiment has probability p success, then the probability of failure is...

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