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document.write( "Let A be the event that \"an international flight leaving the us is delayed in departing\".\r\n" );
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document.write( "    P(A) = 0.31  (given).\r\n" );
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document.write( "Let B be the event that \"an international flight leaving the us is a transpacific flight\".\r\n" );
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document.write( "    P(B) = 0.62  (given).\r\n" );
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document.write( "The event that \"an international flight leaving the us is a transpacific flight and is delayed \r\n" );
document.write( "in departing\"  is the intersection (A and B).  The probability  P(A and B) = 0.15  (given).   \r\n" );
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document.write( "They want you calculate the conditional probability  P(A | B). \r\n" );
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document.write( "By the definition, this conditional probability is  P(A | B) =  =  = 0.2419  (rounded).    ANSWER\r\n" );
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