Stage 33 · Probability

33.4.3 The Multiplication Formula

33.4 Independence and Conditional Probability

Point 3 of 5

33.4.3 The Multiplication Formula

Core idea

Draw one card without putting it back, then draw another, and chain the two step probabilities together, P(A∩B) = P(A)·P(B|A)

Module goal. Tell apart "they don't affect each other" from "knowing one, now look at the other," and master the multiplication, conditional, and total probability rules
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