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Another stupid statistic question can someone please help?!:(?
Some red, white, and blue candies were placed in a bowl. Some contain nuts, and some do not. Suppose one of the candies were chosen randomly from all the candies in the bowl. Using the table below which of the following represents a conditional probability?
A. The probability that it doe snot contain any nuts given that the candy is red.
B. The probability that it contains nuts and is white.
C. The probability that the candy is blue.
D. The probability that the candy is red not red.
1 Answer
- ≈ nohglfLv 76 years ago
I don't see a table and choice D does not make sense (It looks like it may not have been written correctly in the question), however the phrase "given that" indicates a conditional probability and so choice A represents a conditional probability.
