Consider the sample space of all people living in the United States, and within that sample space, the following two events.   ??=people who are male=people who are color‑blindA=people who are maleB=people who are color‑blind   Suppose the following statements describe probabilities regarding these two events. Which of the statements describe conditional probabilities? Select all that apply. A.) There is a 9.1% chance that a randomly chosen person is color‑blind. B.) Eight point seven percent of people living in the United States are color‑blind males. C.)There is a 49.6% probability that a person is male or color‑blind. D.)The probability is 17.7% that a male is color‑blind. E.)Ninety‑five point six percent of color‑blind people are male. F.) Of people living in the United States, 49.2% are male.

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Consider the sample space of all people living in the United States, and within that sample space, the following two events.

 

??=people who are male=people who are color‑blindA=people who are maleB=people who are color‑blind

 

Suppose the following statements describe probabilities regarding these two events. Which of the statements describe conditional probabilities? Select all that apply.
A.) There is a 9.1% chance that a randomly chosen person is color‑blind.
B.) Eight point seven percent of people living in the United States are color‑blind males.
C.)There is a 49.6% probability that a person is male or color‑blind.
D.)The probability is 17.7% that a male is color‑blind.
E.)Ninety‑five point six percent of color‑blind people are male.
F.) Of people living in the United States, 49.2% are male.
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A=people who are male

B=people who are colour-blind.

Suppose the following statements describe probabilities regarding these two events. Which of the statements describe conditional probabilities? Select all that apply.

Conditional probability is the likelihood of one event occurring given that another event has already occurred. It is given by the formula:

PA | B=PA and BPBPMale | Color blind=PMale and Color blindPColor blind                                  (or)

This tells us that the probability that a randomly selected person is a male given that he is colour blind. In other words, we restrict our attention to colour blind.

PB | A=PB and APAPcolor blind | Male=PColor blind and MalePMale

This tells us that the probability that a randomly selected person is colour blind given that the person is male. In other words, we restrict our attention to males. 

 

 

 

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