document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=577857>Question 577857</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Given P(A)=0.2; P(B) = 0.5, P(A|B) = 0.3:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(a) Compute P(A and B).<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(b) Compute P(A or B).\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( " P(A) = 0.2; P(B) = 0.5; PA\B) = 0.3;\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Compute P(A and B)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Note = P(A) = 1 P(A)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "        0.2 =1 P(A)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "       .2 = 1.0 P(A)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Please help me with this problem. So I can understand what I am doing.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Thanks<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "P(A) = 0.2, P(B) = 0.5, P(A\B) = 0.3:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "P(A\B) = P(A and B) P(B)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "  0.3  = P(A and B) 0.5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "  0.15   P(A and B)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "P(A and B) = 0.15\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "B.   P(A or B) = P(A) + P(B) - P(A and B)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "                 0.2  + 0.5  -    0.15<BR>\n" );
document.write( "                   0.70      -    0.15 = 0.55 </SPAN>\n" );
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