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If the test for a disease is accurate 82% of the time, how often will it come back negative if a patient has the disease?

A. 88% of the time
B. 82% of the time
C. 12% of the time
D. 18% of the time

User TreeTree
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Answer:

the answers is D. 18%

Explanation:

82+18= 100

so it would be 18%

User Wellbin Huang
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Would it just be 100 - 82 = 18, so D maybe?
User Nedko Dimitrov
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