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You are given three facts :
- The probability that an international flight leaving the United States is delayed in departing (event D) is 0.24.
- The probability that an international flight leaving the United States is a transpacific flight (event P) is 0.50.
- The probability that an international flight leaving the U.S. is a transpacific flight and is delayed in departing is .12.
This event is the intersection of events D and P, so you are given the probability of intersection of these events
P( D ∩ P ) = 0.12.
The problem's question asks about the conditional probability P(D|P).
By the definition, for any two events P and D, the conditional probability P(D|P) is this fraction
P(D|P) = P ( D ∩ P ) / P(P).
Substitute the given data into this formula, and you will get
P(D|P) = = 0.24.
It is your ANSWER : The probability that an international flight leaving the United States is delayed in departing
given that the flight is a transpacific flight is 0.24.
Solved.
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