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Conditional probability is the probability of an event occurring given another event has already occurred. When finding probability based on a condition, we need to consider what has occurred before. For example, if we have a bag containing 3 red marbles and 2 blue marbles, the probability of picking a red marble is 0.6, and the probability of picking a blue marble is 0.2. If we pick one marble out then these values change. If a red marble is picked (and not replaced) there would then be 2 red marbles and 2 blue marbles left. The probability of picking a red marble would now be 0.5 and a blue marble would be 0.5.
Conditional probability problems often involve calculating the probability of two or more combined events. For example, 20 students put their name into a hat. The same student cannot be picked twice. The probability of picking the first student at random (event A) is 1 out of 20. Their name is removed from the hat so they cannot be picked again. The probability of picking a second student at random (event B) is 1 out of 19, as there are 19 student names remaining in the hat. Event B is conditional on the outcome of event A because the total number of outcomes change between the two events.Â
It is useful to draw a tree diagram when calculating conditional probabilities.
We may be required to extract information from a two way table or Venn diagram given certain conditions in order to solve a problem.
Looking forward, students can then progress to additional probability worksheets, for example the mutually exclusive events worksheet, the product rule for counting worksheet, or the probability tree diagrams worksheet.
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