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One percent of the population suffers from a certain disease. There is blood test for this disease, and it is 99% accurate, in other words, the probability that it gives the correct anwer is 0.99, regardless of whether the person is sick or healthy. A person takes the blood test, and the result says that he has the disease. The probability that he actualy has the disease is

A

`0.99%`

B

`25%`

C

`50%`

D

`75%`

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