September 2017
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A conditional probability is one that is computed under the assumption that some related event is known to have occurred. For example, in the marble experiment, if we know that the first marble drawn was red, then the probability that the second marble is green is 4/5 = 80%. This is a conditional probability, the condition being that the first marble was red. It is written as:
(The vertical bar symbol | is read as "given").
On the other hand, the (unconditional) probability that the second marble is green is:
It should seem sensible ...
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