About 8.3% of the American population has diabetes. A combination of blood tests accurately diagnoses diabetes 99.3% of the time. The tests give false positive results for 1.2% of people who do not have the diabetes. Find the probability that the blood tests show that a person has diabetes. A) 0.8802 B) 0.9066 C) 0.3415 D) 0.0934 E) 0.6685
About 8.3% of the American population has diabetes. A combination of blood tests accurately diagnoses diabetes 99.3% of the time. The tests give false positive results for 1.2% of people who do not have the diabetes. Find the probability that the blood tests show that a person has diabetes. A) 0.8802 B) 0.9066 C) 0.3415 D) 0.0934 E) 0.6685
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About 8.3% of the American population has diabetes. A combination of blood tests accurately diagnoses diabetes 99.3% of the time. The tests give false positive results for 1.2% of people who do not have the diabetes. Find the probability that the blood tests show that a person has diabetes.
A) 0.8802
B) 0.9066
C) 0.3415
D) 0.0934
E) 0.6685
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