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The table below shows the predicted testing outcome for a disease that affects 2% of a population, and has 90% accuracy rate.
Positive Test | Negative Test | Total | |
Has Disease | 18 | 2 | 20 |
Does Not Have Disease | 98 | 882 | 980 |
Total | 116 | 884 | 1000 |
Given you received a negative test, what is the
Write you answer as a percentage, rounded to the nearest tenth of a percent.
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