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I need help with choosing the correct answer for the second part of A.) this is a Elementary Statistics homework problem

I need help with choosing the correct answer for the second part of A.) this is a-example-1
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The answer to this would be C. - Explanation - there is a small probability that a healthy person would get a fever, so this cutoff prevents most false-positives from occurring, which is the goal.
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