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Given the following statistics, what is the probability that a woman has cancer if she has a positive mammogram result? Three percent of women over 50 have breast cancer. Eighty percent of women who have breast cancer test positive on mammograms.15 percent of women will have false positives

Name: given the following statistics what is the probability that a woman has cancer if she has a positive mammogram result three percent of women over 50 have breast cancer eighty percent of women who have
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          Given the following statistics, what is the probability that a woman has cancer if she has a positive 
mammogram result?
Three percent of women over 50 have breast cancer. Eighty percent of women who have breast cancer 
test positive on mammograms.15 percent of women will have false positives

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Elementary Statistics a Step by Step Approach

Allan G. Bluman 9th Edition

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11/30/2022

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- Probability of testing positive given cancer: 0.80 - Probability of having cancer: 0.03 - Probability of testing positive given no cancer (false positive): 0.15 - Probability of not having cancer: 1 - 0.03 = 0.97 Show more…

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Given the following statistics, what is the probability that a woman has cancer if she has a positive mammogram result? Three percent of women over 50 have breast cancer. Eighty percent of women who have breast cancer test positive on mammograms.15 percent of women will have false positives