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Answer:
The percent of the people who tested positive actually have the disease is 38.64%.
Step-by-step explanation:
Denote the events as follows:
<em>X</em> = a person has the disease
<em>P</em> = the test result is positive
<em>N</em> = the test result is negative
Given:
Compute the value of P (P|X) as follows:
Compute the probability of a positive test result as follows:
Compute the probability of a person having the disease given that he/she was tested positive as follows:
The percentage of people having the disease given that he/she was tested positive is, 0.3864 × 100 = 38.64%.