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joe

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on: Jun 24, 2018

Express the probability concept of independence for events A and B in marginal and conditional probabilities.

Question 2

State in your own words the probability concept of independence.

Chocorrol77

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Reply #1 on: Jun 24, 2018

Answer to Question 1

P(A / B) = P(A) or P(B /A) = P(B).

Answer to Question 2

The probability of two events is unaltered whether or not one of them has happened.

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