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The probability that a man develops some form of cancer in his lifetime is 
. The probability that a man has at least one false positive test result (meaning the test comes back for cancer when the man does not have it) is 
.
The events are defined as:
a man develops cancer in his lifetime;
man has at least one false positive.
Step-by-step explanation
Step 1.
The tree diagram helps to calculate the number of possible outcomes of an event in an organized way. It gives a visual representation of the probabilities.
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Introductory Statistics
OER Edition, 2013
Openstax
ISBN: 9781938168208
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