Imagine that 200 people who do not have TB participated in the TB test. The test indicated 85.5% of them showed a negative test result. What’s the false positive rate?

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Imagine that 200 people who do not have TB participated in the TB test.
The test indicated 85.5% of them showed a negative test result. What’s
the false positive rate?

 

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