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Question: A test for a disease that affects 0.1% of the population is 99% effective on people with the disease (that is, it says they have it with probability 0.99). The test gives a false reading (saying that a person who does not have the disease is affected with it) for 2% of the population without the disease. We can think of choosing someone and testing them for the disease as a two stage process. In stage 1, we either choose someone with the disease or we don't. In stage two, the test is either positive or it isn't. Give a probability tree for this process. What is the probability that someone selected at random and given a test for the disease will have a positive test? What is the probability that someone who has positive test results in fact has the disease?