Monday, January 17, 2011

Lesson 72- Problems Involving Conditional Probability

Conditional Probability:
Probability of given  A in the event of B  
Formula: P(a | b)

Example 1:
A card is drawn from a shuffled deck for 52 cards, and not replaced. Then a second card is drawn.
a)  What is the probability  that the second card drawn is a king?
P( k and k ) +  P( K(with line on top) and K)
4/52 x 3/51 +  48/52 x 4/51 = 1/13
* use a tree diagram

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