According to IT department of leading financial firm, 50% of emails received by their employees are spam. They are planning to install a software which filters the spam emails. A reputable cybersecurity brand has launched a software which claims to detect 99% of spam emails. However, they have also reported 5% as the chance of detecting a non-spam email as spam. If an email is detected as spam, what is the probability of it in fact being a non-spam email

Holt Mcdougal Larson Pre-algebra: Student Edition 2012
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Chapter11: Data Analysis And Probability
Section11.8: Probabilities Of Disjoint And Overlapping Events
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According to IT department of leading financial firm, 50% of emails received by their employees are spam. They are planning to install a software which filters the spam emails. A reputable cybersecurity brand has launched a software which claims to detect 99% of spam emails. However, they have also reported 5% as the chance of detecting a non-spam email as spam. If an email is detected as spam, what is the probability of it in fact being a non-spam email?

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