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Probability 3 – Independent events and Conditional probability

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You’ll learn

Use the multiplication rule P(A∩B) = P(A) × P(B) for independent events
Find conditional probabilities with P(A|B) = P(A∩B)/P(B)
Test independence by computing P(A∩B) and P(A)·P(B) separately and comparing
Tell independent events apart from mutually exclusive events

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