Formula for conditional probability: P(First AND Second) P(Second AND First) P(First|Second) = --------------------- = --------------------- P(Second) P(Second) Note: the events might be in either order on the top since AND is commutative, but the denominator is always the probability of what is given, that is, what is after the vertical line "|". with P(A) = 0.5 and P(A and B) = 0.2. Find P(B|A) Here the First = B and the Second = A P(Second AND First) P(First|Second) = --------------------- P(Second) P(A and B) 0.2 P(B|A) = ------------- = ----- == 0.4 P(A) 0.5 Edwin