You conduct 50,000 tests, 1500 people test positive, what's the positivity rate?

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    math_celebrity Administrator Staff Member

    You conduct 50,000 tests, 1500 people test positive, what's the positivity rate?

    Our Positivity Rate formula is below:
    Positivity Rate = 100% * positive tests / Total tests

    Plugging in our numbers from the problem, we get:
    Positivity Rate = 100% * 1500/50000
    Positivity Rate = 100% * 0.03
    Positivity Rate = 3%
     
    math_celebrity, Jul 31, 2021
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