Accuracy of genetic test


Assignment:

Acme Manufacturing Company requires all of its 5000 employees to take a drug test. Suppose 2% of the employees actually use drugs (although the company does not know this number). The drug test is 95% accurate.

Q1. How many of Acme's employees use drugs?.
Q2. How many of the employees who use drugs get a positive test result?.
Q3. How many of the employees who do not use drugs get a positive test result?.
Q4. Of the employees who get a positive test result, how many of them use drugs? Convert this to a percentage: What percent of people who get a positive result actually use drugs?.
Q5. State a conclusion about the accuracy of the test.

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