Consider a sample space S that has N mutually exclusive events B, n=1,2,...,N , such that BB, = {Ø} for m+n=1,2..N. The probability of any event A, defined on this sample space can be expressed in terms of the conditional probabilities of events B„ This probabili is known as the total probability of event A. Mathematically, n' N P)-ΣΡΑ| Β.)PB ) n-1

Consider a sample space S that has N mutually exclusive events B, n=1,2,...,N , such that BB, = {Ø} for m+n=1,2..N. The probability of any event A, defined on this sample space can be expressed in terms of the conditional probabilities of events B„ This probabili is known as the total probability of event A. Mathematically, n' N P)-ΣΡΑ| Β.)PB ) n-1

College Algebra

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Chapter9: Sequences, Probability And Counting Theory

Section9.7: Probability

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