Answer:
The complete question is:
A town of 48,730 residents is implementing a new cancer screening for all residents. One half of one percent (0.5%) of people in the town actually have the disease. The test has a 92% accuracy rate for positive results, with an 8% false positive rate for detecting cancer.
How many people in the town have cancer? How many do not? Explain your answers.
Explanation:
We have to find out the percentage of people who actually have caner. It is given that the percentage is 0.5%.
As 0.5% = 0.005
therefore: 48730 * 0.005 = 243.65
Rounding it to the nearest person = 244
Remaining will not have the cancer which are = 48730-244 = 48,486
Asnwer:
People having caner: 244
People not having cancer: 48,486