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-The table below shows the result of a polygraph test conducted on 2000 college students. Students were asked whether they had ever cheated on a test. All of them denied having cheated. Use the
Table to answer the question.  Test finds  student lying  Test finds  student truthful  Total  Has cheated 821294 Has not cheated 20017061906 Total 28217182000\begin{array} { l | c c c } & \begin{array} { c } \text { Test finds } \\\text { student lying }\end{array} & \begin{array} { c } \text { Test finds } \\\text { student truthful }\end{array} & \text { Total } \\\hline \text { Has cheated } & 82 & 12 & 94 \\\text { Has not cheated } & 200 & 1706 & 1906 \\\text { Total } & 282 & 1718 & 2000\end{array} What percentage of those that were found to be lying were actually telling the truth?


A) 87.2%
B) 89.5%
C) 12.8%
D) 70.9%

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