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Old 03-18-2008, 06:29 PM
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Originally Posted by CDM
The question is - what is the probability of A given B. P(A/B)
So - If P(A) = 3 and P(B)= 0.5, and P(A u B) = 0.6, then what is the probability of A given B?

The answer is 0.4000 --.


CDM,

Okay, here's what I get...

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P(A) = 0.3
P(B) = 0.5
P(A u B) = 0.6
P(A/B) = 0.4
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P(A/B) = P(B/A) * P(A) / P(B)
P(A/B) = 0.666666666666667 * 0.3 / 0.5 = 0.4

Hope that helps,
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