Question

In a random survey of Valentine's Day candy bags 50% of bags contained red candy 25% of bags comtained pink candy and 15% contained both red and pink candy explain which is greater . The conditional probability that bag with pink candy also contains red candy . The conditional probability that a bag with red candy also contains pink candy

Answer 1

The conditional probability that bag with pink candy also contains red candy is greater than conditional probability that a bag with red candy also contains pink candy. This is logical since 50% + 7.5% (from 15%) will result to 57.5% which represents red candies; while pink candies represents 32.5% (25% + 7.5%) only.