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Question Number 123254 by Maclaurin Stickker last updated on 24/Nov/20
A patient get a test for a disease that   indicates positive in 95% of cases when  the patient has the disease and 10%  when the patient isn′t sick. What is  the probability he′s not sick, knowing  that the test is positive?
$${A}\:{patient}\:{get}\:{a}\:{test}\:{for}\:{a}\:{disease}\:{that}\: \\ $$$${indicates}\:{positive}\:{in}\:\mathrm{95\%}\:{of}\:{cases}\:{when} \\ $$$${the}\:{patient}\:{has}\:{the}\:{disease}\:{and}\:\mathrm{10\%} \\ $$$${when}\:{the}\:{patient}\:{isn}'{t}\:{sick}.\:{What}\:{is} \\ $$$${the}\:{probability}\:{he}'{s}\:{not}\:{sick},\:{knowing} \\ $$$${that}\:{the}\:{test}\:{is}\:{positive}? \\ $$

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