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Altemicione
Aug23-04, 08:46 AM
1. Prove each of the following statements (assume that any conditioning event has positive probability).
(a) If A is subset of B then P(B|A)=1 and p(A|B)=P(A)/P(B).
(b) If A and B are mutually exclusive, then p(A|A u B)=((P(A)/((P(A)+P
(B))
(C) P(A n B n C)= P(A|B n C) P( B|C) P(C)
I"m really having problem in doing these. could someone help me out?
matt grime
Aug23-04, 09:07 AM
You just need to use the rules/identities of probability:
P(X|Y) = P(XnY)/P(Y)
and if A < B, then P(AnB)= P(A) since AnB=A, and P(AuB)=P(B) since AuB=B
if A and B are mutually exclusive then P(AnB)=0 and P(AuB)=P(A)+P(B)
the third follows from repeatedly applying the formula for conditional probability.
Moderator's note: please don't do others' homework for them
Have you been able to get anywhere on this, Altemicione?
supundika
Aug30-04, 02:01 AM
Moderator's note: Same goes for you
Jin314159
Aug30-04, 11:33 PM
Why can't we help a brother out?
matt grime
Aug31-04, 04:39 AM
you can, but just feeding the answers helps no one.
Tom McCurdy
Aug31-04, 10:20 PM
helps him pass his class
so it helps one person
then it helps his parents so they have to pay less for when he goes to college if he is still in high school
so then the fincacial benefits spread through is family
so in the end it could help a lot of people
plus he prob learn how to do in class tomorrow
but if u dont' have hw u get 0
Gokul43201
Sep1-04, 11:01 AM
You think feeding him homework solutions makes him a better student and improves his odds of scoring higher in SATs (or whatever) ?
humanino
Sep1-04, 01:47 PM
"If someone is hungry, don't give him a fish : teach him to fish !"
who said that ?
matt grime
Sep2-04, 04:03 AM
Probably Gandhi
HallsofIvy
Sep2-04, 07:50 AM
"If you give a man a fish, he will eat for a day. If you teach a man to fish, he will never work another day in his life!"
"If you give a man a fish, he will eat for a day. If you teach a man to fish, he will never work another day in his life!"
Or:
If you give a man a fish he will eat for a day. If you teach a man to fish he will drink beer, tell lies and wear a stupid hat.
humanino
Sep2-04, 08:24 AM
Thanks you all for answering my "off-topic" question ! (although Galileo's version looks suspicous to me (^_^)
Gokul43201
Sep2-04, 08:36 AM
...although Galileo's version looks suspicous to me...
You mean 'fishy' ?
humanino
Sep2-04, 08:48 AM
Sorry, I am not too sure about what fishy could mean ...
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