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P(A) = 20%. P(B) = 50%. P(BIA) = P(B). What is P(A and B)?

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Answer:

P(A and B) = 0.1 = 10%

Explanation:

Conditional Probability

We use the conditional probability formula to solve this question. It is


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In which

P(B|A) is the probability of event B happening, given that A happened.


image is the probability of both A and B happening.

P(A) is the probability of A happening.

In this question, we have that:


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What is P(A and B)?


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P(A and B) = 0.1 = 10%

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