SOLUTION: From past experience, an instructor estimates that the probability that a student will cheat on an exam is .05. The probability that a student cheats and is caught is .01. the prob

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Question 632306: From past experience, an instructor estimates that the probability that a student will cheat on an exam is .05. The probability that a student cheats and is caught is .01. the probability that a student will be caught, given that the student is cheating, is what?
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Conditional Probability
Let A = event that the student is caught
B = event that student is cheating
P(A|B) = P%28A+and+B%29%2FP%28B%29
= +0.01%2F0.05+
= highlight%281%2F5%29 or highlight%280.2%29