A certain virus infects 1 in every 200 people. A detection test is 95.8% effective at detecting the virus. Unfortunately, it has a false positive rate of 4.3%. A friend of yours has just tested positive for the virus. What are the chances they are actually infected with the virus? (Enter the probability as a decimal rounded to four decimal places.)

A certain virus infects 1 in every 200 people. A detection test is 95.8% effective at detecting the virus. Unfortunately, it has a false positive rate of 4.3%. A friend of yours has just tested positive for the virus. What are the chances they are actually infected with the virus? (Enter the probability as a decimal rounded to four decimal places.)

College Algebra

10th Edition

ISBN:9781337282291

Author:Ron Larson

Publisher:Ron Larson

Chapter8: Sequences, Series,and Probability

Section8.7: Probability

Problem 11ECP: A manufacturer has determined that a machine averages one faulty unit for every 500 it produces....

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