In this sample, how many cases are false positives and false negatives?

A new test to diagnose a disease is evaluated on 1152 people, and 106 people have the disease, and 1046 people do not have the disease.

The test results are summarized below:

In this sample, how many cases are false positives and false negatives?
A . 33 false positives and 81 false negatives
B . 81 false positives and 73 false negatives
C . 73 false positives and 81 false negatives
D . 81 false positives and 33 false negatives

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Answer: A