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Given events A and B, the probability of event B occuring, knowing
that event A has _____________________ _____________________, is called
conditional probability.
Notation: ______________________ Read as the probability of B, given A
Probability
Conditional Probability Formula:
Use for questions 1-4: A number from 1-20 is chosen at random, find each
probability.
1. P(prime | greater than 8) 2. P(multiple of 3 | odd)
3. P(at most 15 | perfect square) 4. P(7 | no more than 12)
Use for questions 5-6: A bag contains 8 red marbles, 2 blue marbles, 4 yellow
marbles, and 6 white marbles. If a marble is chosen at random, find each
probability.
5. P( | not blue) 6. P(yellow | not white)
Use for questions 7-8: The spinner to the left is spun. Find each probability.
P A
B
O 7. P(shaded | vowel) 8. P(consonant | unshaded)
N C
M D
L E
K F
J G
I H
9. A card is chosen at random from a standard deck of cards. Find the
probability that the card is an ace, given that it is a diamond.
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10. A date in the month of September is chosen at random. Find the
probability that it is an even numbered date given that it s before
September 20th.
11. The probability of Jasmine studying for a test and getting an A is . If the
probability that Jasmine studies for a test is , find the probability that she
will get an A on a test, given that she studied.
12. A car lot has both used and new cars. If 86% of the cars on the lot are
new and 45% of the cars are new and have a sunroof, find the probability
of randomly choosing a car with a sunroof, given that it is a new car.
Use for questions 13-15: A group of people were asked if they drink coffee or
tea. The results are shown in the Venn diagram to the left. If one of the
Examples with people surveyed is chosen at random, find each probability.
13. P(drinks coffee | drinks tea)
Coffee Tea
14. P(does not drink tea | drinks coffee)
24 12 4
10
15. P(does not drink coffee | does not drink tea)
Use for questions 16-18: Of the 400 freshmen at Westview High School, 92
students are in band, 60 students are in chorus, and 20 students are in both
band and chorus. If a student is chosen at random, find each probability.
16. P(in chorus | in band)
17. P(not in band | in chorus)
18. P(in band | not in chorus)
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Name: ______________________________________ Unit 12: Probability
Date: ____________________________ Per: ______ Homework 5: Conditional Probability
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Use for questions 1-4: A number from 1-40 is chosen at random. Find each probability.
1. P(even | at least 12) 2. P(perfect square | odd)
3. P(less than 25 | prime) 4. P(multiple of 3 | greater than 15)
Use for questions 5-8: A jar contains 15 pennies, 28 nickels, 12 dimes, and 20 . If a coin
is chosen at random, find each probability.
5. P(quarter | not a penny) 6. P(dime | not a nickel)
7. P(penny | worth no more than 10¢) 8. P(not a quarter | not a dime)
9. A month of the year is chosen at random. 10. The spinner below is spun once. What is the
What is the probability that the month has probability that it lands on a letter, given
exactly 30 days, given that it is no later than that it lands on an unshaded section?
August?
11. A card is chosen at random from a standard 12. Two dice are rolled. What is the probability
deck. What is the probability that the card is that at least one dice is showing a 2, given
a spade or a king, given that it is black? that the sum of the numbers on the dice is
no more than 6?
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Use for questions 13-16: A bucket contains 60 polygon tiles. Of the tiles, 12 are triangles, 15 are
squares, 8 are pentagons, 10 are hexagons, 6 are heptagons, and the rest are octagons. If a tile is
chosen at random, find each probability.
13. P(has at least 4 sides | not a hexagon) 14. P(not a square | has less than 7 sides)
15. P(not an octagon | not a triangle) 16. P(octagon | sum of interior angle measures
is at least 600°)
17. Of the students at Wayland High School in 18. Of the homes on the market, 38% have
the first quarter, 48% made honor roll, 30% pools, 70% have at least 3 bedrooms, and
had perfect attendance, and 25% both 25% have both a pool and at least 3
made the honor roll and had perfect bedrooms. If a home is chosen at random,
attendance. If a student is chosen at what is the probability that it has a pool,
random, what is the probability that they given it has at least 3 bedrooms?
have perfect attendance, given they made
the honor roll?
Use for questions 19-20: A group of students were surveyed and asked if they use Instagram or
Snapchat. The results of the survey are shown in the Venn diagram below. If a student in this group
is chosen at random, find each probability.
19. P(uses Instagram | does not use Snapchat)
Instagram Snapchat
45 30 25
20. P(does not use Instagram | uses Snapchat)
20
Use for questions 21-24: A group of 100 students were surveyed and ask if they play sports or
have a part-time job. Of the students surveyed, 40 play sports, 68 have a part-time job, and 22
both play sports and have a part-time job. If a student from this group is chosen at random, find
each probability.
21. P(plays sports | has a part-time job) 22. P(plays sports and has a part-time job |
plays sports)
23. P(has a part-time job | does not play sports) 24. P(does not play sports| does not have a
part-time job)
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