Suppose you are given the following facts. For a given disease, there is a test which is 80% reliable (Pr(Y|D) = .8). How high does the base rate for the disease need to be for the probability of a false positive to be 20%?

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Suppose you are given the following facts. For a given disease, there is a test which is 80% reliable (Pr(Y|D) = .8). How high does the base rate for the disease need to be for the probability of a false positive to be 20%? 

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