NCERT Exercise 13.3 Q5 - Probability

Question: A laboratory blood test is 99% effective in detecting a certain disease when it is present. It also yields a false positive for 0.5% of healthy persons. If 0.1% of the population has the disease, find the probability that a person has the disease given that the test is positive.

Answer: 22/133.

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