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Person A speaks the truth 88% of the time. The probability of person B speaking the truth on an occasion that person A also speaks the truth is 43%. What is the probability that person A speaks the truth, but person B lies?

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we are given the probability that is 88% of person A speaking the truth. The probability of person B speaking the truth on an occasion that person A also speaks the truth is 43%. This means the probability that person A speaks the truth, but person B lies 0.88*(1-0.43) equal to 0.5016
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