SOLUTION: If A and B are independent events and P(A)=0.40, what is P(A|B)?

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Question 1071616: If A and B are independent events and P(A)=0.40, what is P(A|B)?
Answer by Edwin McCravy(20060) About Me  (Show Source):
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Since A and B are independent events, the probability of one
of them is not changed if we are given that the other one has 
occurred.

so P(A|B) = P(A) = 0.4

Edwin