Tutorial for Conditional Probability and Independence

Section 6.5: Conditional Probability and Independence

(Based on Section 6.5 inFinite Mathematics Applied to the Real World, or Finite Mathematics and Calculus Applied to the Real World. )

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This section is split into three parts:

	Calculating Conditional Probability
	Using Trees
	Independent Events

If you are new to conditional probability, then we suggest you follow the above links in order.

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