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To test for a disease, technicians mix the blood samples from 8 people then test the mixture. The mixture will test positive for the disease if and only if one or more of the 8 blood samples in the mixture contains the disease. Find the probability that the mixture will test positive given that there is a 52% chance of any particular sample testing positive.

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1-(0.52^8)\approx 0.99465402714

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