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According to the general equation for conditional probability if p (a^b) = 3/4 and p (b) = 4/5 what is p (a/b)

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I'm guessing "a^b" is meant to denote the intersection, or possibly
A^B which could be the complement of
B in
A. I'll stick with the first assumption. I'll also read "a/b" as
A\mid B, the event of
A being conditioned on
B, though this also is ambiguous and could refer to the complement of B in A.

By definition of conditional probability,


\mathbb P(A\mid B)=(\mathbb P(A\cap B))/(\mathbb P(B))=(\frac34)/(\frac45)=(15)/(16)
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