Tests positive on this screening test


A Pap smear is a screening procedure to detect cervical cancer. For women with this cancer, 16 percent of the tests are false negetives. For women without this cancer, about 19 percent are false positives. In the United States, there are about 8 women in 100,000 who have this cancer.

(A) A women tests positive on this screening test. Calculate her probability of having cancer.

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