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  • 09-05-2018
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Suppose that e and f are events in a sample space and p(e) = 2/3, p(f) = 3/4, and p(f |
e.= 5/8. find p(e | f).

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LammettHash
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  • 09-05-2018
Using the definition of conditional probability, we have

[tex]\mathbb P(E\mid F)=\dfrac{\mathbb P(E\cap F)}{\mathbb P(F)}=\dfrac{\mathbb P(F\mid E)\cdot\mathbb P(E)}{\mathbb P(F)}[/tex]

so the probability we want is

[tex]\dfrac{\dfrac58\cdot\dfrac23}{\dfrac34}=\dfrac59[/tex]
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