document.write( "Question 505553: In a single spin, what is the probability of obtaining a C given the spinner did not land on a B?
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document.write( "The other tutor misunderstood that A,B,C, and D are the\r\n" );
document.write( "letters on the spinner.\r\n" );
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document.write( "The conditional probability of X given Y is given by the formula:\r\n" );
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document.write( "          P(X and Y)\r\n" );
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document.write( "              P(C and not B)\r\n" );
document.write( "P(C|not B) = --------------- \r\n" );
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document.write( "P(C and not B) = P(C) = \r\n" );
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document.write( "P(not B) = 1 - P(B) = 1 -  =  -  = \r\n" );
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document.write( "              P(C and not B)      \r\n" );
document.write( "P(C|not B) = --------------- =  -------- =   =  = \r\n" );
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