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OpenStudy (anonymous):

On discovering that her family had a 70% risk of heart attack, Erin took a treadmill test to check her own potential of having a heart attack. The doctors told her that the reliability of the stress test is 67%. The test predicted that Erin will not have a heart attack. What is the probability after the test was taken that she will have a heart attack? A. 0.4051 B. 0.5010 C. 0.4653 D. 0.6632

OpenStudy (anonymous):

This is your question right?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

yeah

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Okay

OpenStudy (anonymous):

im running out of time bro so nevrmind if u dont know it :/

OpenStudy (anonymous):

My fault, im kinda pre-occupied right now, but i'll still help

OpenStudy (anonymous):

She has a 67% chance of still having a heart attack out of 100%

OpenStudy (anonymous):

So with that said multiply 67/100 by 70/100

OpenStudy (anonymous):

i did that already. nd got 4690/1000 or 469/1000.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Its 469/1000

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Now change it into a decimal

OpenStudy (anonymous):

0.469?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

You have your answer!

OpenStudy (anonymous):

i dont get it. is it supposed to be C then but just rounded up?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Yeah, your answer is C.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

thankyou. your awesome

OpenStudy (anonymous):

No problem! :)

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