SOLUTION: consider the venn diagram below. {{{drawing(300,300,-4,4,-3,6, locate(-2,1.8,20), locate(1.5,1.7,70), locate(-3.5,2.5,A), locate(-.4,1.8,50), red(circle(-sqrt(2),sqrt(2),2)),l

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Question 460322: consider the venn diagram below.

Determine: n(A)
n(B)
p(A)
p(B)
p(A|B)
p(B|A)
Thanks very much for your help!



Answer by Edwin McCravy(20086)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

n(A) 
That's the number of elements in the whole red circle.
There are 20 in the left part of the red circle and 50 
in the right part. So that's 20+50 = 70. 
n(A) = 70 

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n(B)
That's the number of elements in the whole green circle.
There are 50 in the left part of the green circle and 70 
in the right part. So that's 50+70 = 120. 
n(B) = 120 

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p(A)= n(A)/n(U)

The universal set U consists of all the elements in both
circles which is 20+50+70 or 140.

So p(A) = n(A)/n(U) = 70/140 = 1/2
 
p(B) = n(B)/n(U) = 120/140 = 6/7

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p(A|B) = The probability of A given B.

Since we are given that we are in B, we can cross out
the 20 because those 20 are not in B, so we just have this:

 

So p(A|B) = 50/(50+70) = 50/120 = 5/12

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p(B|A) 

Since we are given that we are in A, we can cross out
the 70 because those 70 are not in A, so we just have this:

 

So p(B|A) = 50/(20+50) = 50/70 = 5/7

Edwin


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