a) The probability of A is 0.60, the probability of B is 0.45, probability of either is 0.80. What is the probability of both A and B?; b) probability of A is 0.30, probability of B is 0.40, and probability of both is 0.30. What is the conditional probability of A given B? are A and B independent in a probability sense?

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2022-09-10

a) The probability of A is 0.60, the probability of B is 0.45, probability of either is 0.80. What is the probability of both A and B?
b) probability of A is 0.30, probability of B is 0.40, and probability of both is 0.30. What is the conditional probability of A given B? are A and B independent in a probability sense?

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Aleah Harrell

Aleah Harrell

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P ( A   and   B ) = P ( A ) + P ( B ) P ( A   or   B ) = 0.6 + 0.45 0.8 = 0.25
b) P ( A | B ) = P ( A   and   B ) P ( B ) = 0.3 0.4 = 0.75
A and B are not independent, because in that case we should have P ( A | B ) = P ( A )

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