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Blood tests for the virus are 99.9% accurate when given to some- one infected and 99.99% accurate when given to someone not infected. What is the probability that a random adult not in a high-risk group will test positive for the HIV virus?

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0.00019989%

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Blood tests for the virus are 99.9% accurate when given to some- one infected and-example-1
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