c) A doctor recommended that a patient with a specific symptom be tested for a particular disease. The only evidence the

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c) A doctor recommended that a patient with a specific symptom be tested for a particular disease. The only evidence the

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c) A doctor recommended that a patient with a specific symptombe tested for a particular disease. The only evidence the doctorhas before the test results are available is that 10% of peoplewith this symptom have the disease. Experience has shown that thistest reveals that 99% of people with the disease have the disease.The test also reveals that 95% of people who do not have thedisease haven’t the disease. If the test reveals the presence ofthe disease what is the actual probability that the patient has thedisease?
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