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Two events are independent. The P(A) = 0.34 and the P(A and B) = 0.085. What is the P(B)?(Express your answer as a decimal)

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Hello there. To solve this question, we have to remember some properties about independent events and probabilities.

Given that the events A and B are independent and we know that


\begin{gathered} P(A)=0.34\text{ and} \\ \text{ }P(A\text{ and }B)=P(A\cap B)=0.085 \end{gathered}

We want to determine the value of P(B).

For this, remember that for independent events A and B,


P(A\cap B)=P(A)\cdot P(B)

Hence, we get that


\begin{gathered} 0.085=0.34\cdot P(B) \\ \end{gathered}

Divide both sides of the equation by a factor 0.34


P(B)=(0.085)/(0.34)=0.25

This is the answer to this question.

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