In elderly Americans, a new blood test is being developed to diagnose a particular disease. Suppose the sensitivity of this test is 80% and specificity is 70%. If it is known that 25% of them have the particular disease, then calculate the negative predictive value.

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In elderly Americans, a new blood test is being developed to diagnose a particular disease. Suppose the sensitivity of this test is 80% and specificity is 70%. If it is known that 25% of them have the particular disease, then calculate the negative predictive value. 

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According to the provided information, Sensitivity is 80% and specificity is 70%.

True Positive (A) = 80%

True Negative (B) = 70%

False Negative (C) = (100 - 80)%= 120%

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