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Suppose that one of every 500 people in a certain population has a particular disease, which displays no symptoms. A blood test is available for screening for this disease. For a person who has this disease, the test always turns out positive. For a person who does not have the disease, however, there is a <math>2\%</math> false positive rate--in other words, for such people, <math>98\%</math> of the time the test will turn out negative, but <math>2\%</math> of the time the test will turn out positive and will incorrectly indicate that the person has the disease. Let <math>p</math> be the probability that a person who is chosen at random from this population and gets a positive test result actually has the disease. Which of the following is closest to <math>p</math>? | Suppose that one of every 500 people in a certain population has a particular disease, which displays no symptoms. A blood test is available for screening for this disease. For a person who has this disease, the test always turns out positive. For a person who does not have the disease, however, there is a <math>2\%</math> false positive rate--in other words, for such people, <math>98\%</math> of the time the test will turn out negative, but <math>2\%</math> of the time the test will turn out positive and will incorrectly indicate that the person has the disease. Let <math>p</math> be the probability that a person who is chosen at random from this population and gets a positive test result actually has the disease. Which of the following is closest to <math>p</math>? | ||
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Out of the remaining <math>499</math> people, <math>2\%</math>, or <math>9.98</math> people, will be tested positive for the disease incorrectly. | Out of the remaining <math>499</math> people, <math>2\%</math>, or <math>9.98</math> people, will be tested positive for the disease incorrectly. | ||
− | Therefore, <math>p</math> can be found by taking <math>\dfrac{1}{1+9.98}</math>, which is closest to <math>\dfrac{1}{11}</math>,or <math>\boxed{\textbf{(C)}}</math> | + | Therefore, <math>p</math> can be found by taking <math>\dfrac{1}{1+9.98}</math>, which is closest to <math>\dfrac{1}{1+10}</math> or <math>\dfrac{1}{11}</math>,or <math>\boxed{\textbf{(C)}}</math> |
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+ | ==Solution 2== | ||
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+ | This question can also be solved by using a <math>\dfrac{probability1}{probability2}</math> solution. | ||
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+ | If the test is positive there are two cases: (1) The person was true-positive (2) The person was false-positive | ||
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+ | For the first case, the probability of the person being true-positive is <math>\dfrac{1}{500}</math>. | ||
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+ | For the second case, the probability of the person being false-positive is <math>\dfrac{499}{500}\cdot\dfrac{1}{50}</math> | ||
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+ | The probability of the test being positive is the sum of these values, <math>\dfrac{549}{25000}</math> | ||
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+ | The final probability will be in the form: <math>\dfrac{P(true positive)}{P(positive)}</math>. | ||
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+ | Plugging in the values we get: <math>\dfrac{\dfrac{1}{500}}{\dfrac{549}{25000}}=\dfrac{50}{549}</math> This fraction is clearly closest to <math>\dfrac{1}{11}</math>, or <math>\boxed{\textbf{(C)}}</math> | ||
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+ | ==Video Solution== | ||
+ | https://youtu.be/igGLCogR-dk | ||
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+ | ~savannahsolver | ||
== See Also == | == See Also == | ||
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Latest revision as of 14:00, 22 August 2022
Problem
Suppose that one of every 500 people in a certain population has a particular disease, which displays no symptoms. A blood test is available for screening for this disease. For a person who has this disease, the test always turns out positive. For a person who does not have the disease, however, there is a false positive rate--in other words, for such people,
of the time the test will turn out negative, but
of the time the test will turn out positive and will incorrectly indicate that the person has the disease. Let
be the probability that a person who is chosen at random from this population and gets a positive test result actually has the disease. Which of the following is closest to
?
Solution
This question can be solved by considering all the possibilities:
out of
people will have the disease and will be tested positive for the disease.
Out of the remaining people,
, or
people, will be tested positive for the disease incorrectly.
Therefore, can be found by taking
, which is closest to
or
,or
Solution 2
This question can also be solved by using a solution.
If the test is positive there are two cases: (1) The person was true-positive (2) The person was false-positive
For the first case, the probability of the person being true-positive is .
For the second case, the probability of the person being false-positive is
The probability of the test being positive is the sum of these values,
The final probability will be in the form: .
Plugging in the values we get: This fraction is clearly closest to
, or
Video Solution
~savannahsolver
See Also
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