A certain virus infects one in every 300 people. A test used to detect the virus in a person is positive 85% of the time if the person has the virus and 5% of the time if the person does not have the virus, (This 5% result is called a false positive.) Let A be the event "the person is Infected" and B be the event "the person tests positive", a) Find the probability that a person has the virus given that they have tested positive, l. e. find P(AB). Round your answer to the nearest tenth of a percent and do not include a percent sign. P(AIB)= % b) Find the probability that a person does not have the virus given that they test negative, I. e. find P(A'B'). Round your answer to the nearest tenth of a percent and do not include a percent sign. P(A'B') = ​

This question is solved using the conditional probability concept.

Using this concept, we find that:

First, the concept is presented.

Conditional Probability

We use the conditional probability formula to solve this question. It is

In which

P(A|B) is the probability of event A happening, given that B happened.

is the probability of both A and B happening.

P(B) is the probability of B happening.

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Question a:

For relation with the formula presented above, I will change events A and B.

Event A: Person is infected.

Event B: Positive test.

Probability of a positive test:

Thus:

Probability of a positive test and the person is infected.

85% = 0.85 out of 1/300. Thus:

Desired probability:

0.053*100% = 5.3%, thus:

P(AIB)= 5.3%

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Question b:

Event A: Does not have the virus

Event B: Test negative.

Probability of a negative test:

Thus:

Probability of a negative test and the person is not infected.

0.95 out of 299/300

Thus:

Desired probability:

0.999*100% = 99.9%, so:

P(A'|B') = 99.9%

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a 4/6 = 9/12   not proportional

step-by-step explanation:

to find which are not proportional, we can use cross products

if it is true, they are proportional.   if it is not true, they are not proportional.

a 4/6 = 9/12

4* 12 = 6*9

48 = 54

not this is not proportional  

b 2/3 = 12/18  

2* 18 = 3 * 12

36 = 36

this is proportional

c 5/4 = 10/8  

5*8 = 4*10

40 = 40

this is proportional

d 7/5 = 35/25

7*25 = 5 * 35

175 = 175

is proportional