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P(x|y) what is this formula?

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P(X\mid Y) is the probability that
X occurs given that
Y occurs, i.e. the conditional probability of
X occurring conditioned on
Y. By definition,


P(X\mid Y)=(P(X\cap Y))/(P(Y))

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