document.write( "Question 1061753: Compute the probability that a person who tests positive actually has the disease.\r
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document.write( "The false positive rate is 1%, so the probability that somebody who tests\r\n" );
document.write( "positive doesn't have the disease is 1% or 0.01.  Therefore the probability\r\n" );
document.write( "that somebody who tests positive has the disease is 99% or 0.99.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Answer: 99%\r\n" );
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