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<MATH> P(A)=P(A|C)P(C)+P(A|C^c)P(C^c) </MATH>
 
<MATH> P(A)=P(A|C)P(C)+P(A|C^c)P(C^c) </MATH>
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<MATH>P(A|B)=P(A|B \bigcap C)P(C|B)+P(A|B \bigcap C^c)P(C^c|B) </MATH>
 
<MATH>P(A|B)=P(A|B \bigcap C)P(C|B)+P(A|B \bigcap C^c)P(C^c|B) </MATH>
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<MATH>P(A|B \bigcap C)P(C \bigcap B)/P(B) </MATH>

Revision as of 19:07, 15 September 2008

The theorem of total probalility states that

$ P(A)=P(A|C)P(C)+P(A|C^c)P(C^c) $


$ P(A|B)=P(A|B \bigcap C)P(C|B)+P(A|B \bigcap C^c)P(C^c|B) $

$ P(A|B \bigcap C)P(C \bigcap B)/P(B) $

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