Stage 33 · Probability

33.4.4 The Total Probability Formula

33.4 Independence and Conditional Probability

Point 4 of 5

33.4.4 The Total Probability Formula

Core idea

A ball might come from box one, two, or three, so weight each box by its share and add it all up, P(B) = ΣP(Aᵢ)P(B|Aᵢ)

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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