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A company gives a new screening test to test its employees for tuberculosis (TB) . The results are summarized in the following table.  Test result  Has TB  Does not have  TB  Positive 2114 Negative 4140\begin{array} { | l | c | c | } \hline \text { Test result } & \text { Has TB } & \begin{array} { c } \text { Does not have } \\\text { TB }\end{array} \\\hline \text { Positive } & 21 & 14 \\\hline \text { Negative } & 4 & 140 \\\hline\end{array}
-If a randomly selected employee has a positive test result, what is the probability that the employee has TB?


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