About 8.3% of the American population has diabetes. A combination of blood tests accurately diagnoses diabetes 99.3% of the time. The tests give false positive results for 1.2% of people who do not have the diabetes. Find the probability that a person does not have diabetes, given that the test results were positive. A) 0.1178 B) 0.4571 C) 0.1623 D) 0.3201 E) 0.0427

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About 8.3% of the American population has diabetes. A combination of blood tests accurately diagnoses diabetes 99.3% of the time. The tests give false positive results for 1.2% of people who do not have the diabetes. Find the probability that a person does not have diabetes, given that the test results were positive. A) 0.1178 B) 0.4571 C) 0.1623 D) 0.3201 E) 0.0427
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