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3.2: Problems on Conditional Probability

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• Paul Pfeiffer
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Exercise \(\PageIndex{1}\)

Given the following data:

\(P(A) = 0.55\), \(P(AB) = 0.30\), \(P(BC) = 0.20\), \(P(A^c \cup BC) = 0.55\), \(P(A^c BC^c) = 0.15\)

Determine, if possible, the conditional probability \(P(A^c|B) = P(A^cB)/P(B)\).

Exercise \(\PageIndex{2}\)

In Exercise 11 from "Problems on Minterm Analysis," we have the following data: A survey of a represenative group of students yields the following information:

• 52 percent are male
• 85 percent live on campus
• 78 percent are male or are active in intramural sports (or both)
• 30 percent live on campus but are not active in sports
• 32 percent are male, live on campus, and are active in sports
• 8 percent are male and live off campus
• 17 percent are male students inactive in sports

Let A = male, B = on campus, C = active in sports.

• A student is selected at random. He is male and lives on campus. What is the (conditional) probability that he is active in sports?
• A student selected is active in sports. What is the(conditional) probability that she is a female who lives on campus?

Exercise \(\PageIndex{3}\)

In a certain population, the probability a woman lives to at least seventy years is 0.70 and is 0.55 that she will live to at least eighty years. If a woman is seventy years old, what is the conditional probability she will survive to eighty years? Note that if \(A \subset B\) then \(P(AB) = P(A)\).

Let \(A=\) event she lives to seventy and \(B=\) event she lives to eighty. Since \(B \subset A\), \(P(B|A) = P(AB)/P(A) = P(B)/P(A) = 55/70\).

Exercise \(\PageIndex{4}\)

From 100 cards numbered 00, 01, 02, \(\cdot\cdot\cdot\), 99, one card is drawn. Suppose A i is the event the sum of the two digits on a card is \(i\), \(0 \le i \le 18\), and \(B_j\) is the event the product of the two digits is \(j\). Determine \(P(A_i|B_0)\) for each possible \(i\).

\(B_0\) is the event one of the first ten is draw. \(A_i B_0\) is the event that the card with numbers \(0i\) is drawn. \(P(a_i|B_0) = (1/100)/(1/10) = 1/10\) for each \(i\), 0 through 9.

Exercise \(\PageIndex{5}\)

Two fair dice are rolled.

• What is the (conditional) probability that one turns up two spots, given they show different numbers?
• What is the (conditional) probability that the first turns up six, given that the sum is \(k\), for each \(k\) from two through 12?
• What is the (conditional) probability that at least one turns up six, given that the sum is \(k\), for each \(k\) from two through 12?

a. There are \(6 \times 5\) ways to choose all different. There are \(2 \times 5\) ways that they are different and one turns up two spots. The conditional probability is 2/6.

b. Let \(A_6\) = event first is a six and \(S_k = \) event the sum is \(k\). Now \(A_6S_k = \emptyset\) for \(k \le 6\). A table of sums shows \(P(A_6S_k) = 1/36\) and \(P(S_k) = 6/36, 5/36, 4/36, 3/36, 2/36, 1/36\) for \(k = 7\) through 12, respectively. Hence \(P(A_6|S_k) = 1/6, 1/5. 1/4, 1/3. 1/2, 1\), respectively.

c. If \(AB_6\) is the event at least one is a six, then \(AB_6S_k) = 2/36\) for \(k = 7\) through 11 and \(P(AB_6S_12) = 1/36\). Thus, the conditional probabilities are 2/6, 2/5, 2/4, 2/3, 1, 1, respectively.

Exercise \(\PageIndex{6}\)

Four persons are to be selected from a group of 12 people, 7 of whom are women.

• What is the probability that the first and third selected are women?
• What is the probability that three of those selected are women?
• What is the (conditional) probability that the first and third selected are women, given that three of those selected are women?

\(P(W_1W_3) = P(W_1W_2W_3) + P(W_1W_2^c W_3) = \dfrac{7}{12} \cdot \dfrac{6}{11} \cdot \dfrac{5}{10} + \dfrac{7}{12} \cdot \dfrac{5}{11} \cdot \dfrac{6}{10} = \dfrac{7}{22}\)

Exercise \(\PageIndex{7}\)

Twenty percent of the paintings in a gallery are not originals. A collector buys a painting. He has probability 0.10 of buying a fake for an original but never rejects an original as a fake, What is the (conditional) probability the painting he purchases is an original?

Let \(B=\) the event the collector buys, and \(G=\) the event the painting is original. Assume \(P(B|G) = 1\) and \(P(B|G^c) = 0.1\). If \(P(G) = 0.8\), then

\(P(G|B) = \dfrac{P(GB)}{P(B)} = \dfrac{P(B|G) P(G)}{P(B|G)P(G) + P(B|G^c)P(G^c)} = \dfrac{0.8}{0.8 + 0.1 \cdot 0.2} = \dfrac{40}{41}\)

Exercise \(\PageIndex{8}\)

Five percent of the units of a certain type of equipment brought in for service have a common defect. Experience shows that 93 percent of the units with this defect exhibit a certain behavioral characteristic, while only two percent of the units which do not have this defect exhibit that characteristic. A unit is examined and found to have the characteristic symptom. What is the conditional probability that the unit has the defect, given this behavior?

Let \(D=\) the event the unit is defective and \(C=\) the event it has the characteristic. Then \(P(D) = 0.05\), \(P(C|D) = 0.93\), and \(P(C|D^c) = 0.02\).

\(P(D|C) = \dfrac{P(C|D) P(D)}{P(C|D) P(D) + P(C|D^c) P(D^c)} = \dfrac{0.93 \cdot 0.05}{0.93 \cdot 0.05 + 0.02 \cdot 0.95} = \dfrac{93}{131}\)

Exercise \(\PageIndex{9}\)

A shipment of 1000 electronic units is received. There is an equally likely probability that there are 0, 1, 2, or 3 defective units in the lot. If one is selected at random and found to be good, what is the probability of no defective units in the lot?

Let \(D_k =\) the event of \(k\) defective and \(G\) be the event a good one is chosen.

\(P(D_0|G) = \dfrac{P(G|D_0) P(D_0)}{P(G|D_0) P(D_0) + P(G|D_1) P(D_1) + P(G|D_2) P(D_2) + P(G|D_3) P(D_3)}\)

\(= \dfrac{1 \cdot 1/4}{(1/4)(1 + 999/1000 + 998/1000 + 997/1000)} = \dfrac{1000}{3994}\)

Exercise \(\PageIndex{10}\)

\(P(S_i|E_j)\)

• Suppose a person has a university education (no graduate study). What is the (conditional) probability that he or she will make $25,000 or more?
• Find the total probability that a person's income category is at least as high as his or her educational level.

a. \(P(E_3S_3) = P(S_3|E_3)P(E_3) = 0.45 \cdot 0.05 = 0.0225\)

b. \(P(S_2 \vee S_3|E_2) = 0.80 + 0.10 = 0.90\)

c. \(p = (0.85 + 0.10 + 0.05) \cdot 0.65 + (0.80 + 0.10) \cdot 0.30 + 0.45 \cdot 0.05 = 0.9425\)

Exercise \(\PageIndex{11}\)

In a survey, 85 percent of the employees say they favor a certain company policy. Previous experience indicates that 20 percent of those who do not favor the policy say that they do, out of fear of reprisal. What is the probability that an employee picked at random really does favor the company policy? It is reasonable to assume that all who favor say so.

\(P(S) = 0.85\), \(P(S|F^c) = 0.20\). Also, reasonable to assume \(P(S|F) = 1\).

\(P(S) = P(S|F) P(F) + P(S|F^c) [1 - P(F)]\) implies \(P(F) = \dfrac{P(S) - P(S|F^c)}{1 - P(S|F^c)} = \dfrac{13}{16}\)

Exercise \(\PageIndex{12}\)

\(\dfrac{D^c|T}{P(D|T)} = \dfrac{P(T|D^c)P(D^c)}{P(T|D)P(D)} = \dfrac{0.98 \cdot 0.99}{0.05 \cdot 0.01} = \dfrac{9702}{5}\)

\(P(D^c|T) = \dfrac{9702}{9707} = 1 - \dfrac{5}{9707}\)

Exercise \(\PageIndex{13}\)

Five boxes of random access memory chips have 100 units per box. They have respectively one, two, three, four, and five defective units. A box is selected at random, on an equally likely basis, and a unit is selected at random therefrom. It is defective. What are the (conditional) probabilities the unit was selected from each of the boxes?

\(H_i =\) the event from box \(i\). \(P(H_i) = 1/5\) and \(P(D|H_i) = i/100\).

\(P(H_i|D) = \dfrac{P(D|H_i) P(H_i)}{\sum P(D|H_i) P(H_j)} = i/15\), \(1 \le i \le 5\)

Exercise \(\PageIndex{14}\)

Two percent of the units received at a warehouse are defective. A nondestructive test procedure gives two percent false positive indications and five percent false negative. Units which fail to pass the inspection are sold to a salvage firm. This firm applies a corrective procedure which does not affect any good unit and which corrects 90 percent of the defective units. A customer buys a unit from the salvage firm. It is good. What is the (conditional) probability the unit was originally defective?

Let \(T\) = event test indicates defective, \(D\) = event initially defective, and \(G =\) event unit purchased is good. Data are

\(P(D) = 0.02\), \(P(T^c|D) = 0.02\), \(P(T|D^c) = 0.05\), \(P(GT^c) = 0\),

\(P(G|DT) = 0.90\), \(P(G|D^cT) = 1\)

\(P(D|G) = \dfrac{P(GD)}{P(G)}\), \(P(GD) = P(GTD) = P(D) P(T|D) P(G|TD)\)

\(P(G) = P(GT) = P(GDT) + P(GD^c T) = P(D) P(T|D) P(G|TD) + P(D^c) P(T|D^c) P(G|TD^c)\)

\(P(D|G) = \dfrac{0.02 \cdot 0.98 \cdot 0.90}{0.02 \cdot 0.98 \cdot 0.90 + 0.98 \cdot 0.05 \cdot 1.00} = \dfrac{441}{1666}\)

Exercise \(\PageIndex{15}\)

At a certain stage in a trial, the judge feels the odds are two to one the defendent is guilty. It is determined that the defendent is left handed. An investigator convinces the judge this is six times more likely if the defendent is guilty than if he were not. What is the likelihood, given this evidence, that the defendent is guilty?

Let \(G\) = event the defendent is guilty, \(L\) = the event the defendent is left handed. Prior odds: \(P(G)/P(G^c) = 2\). Result of testimony: \(P(L|G)/P(L|G^c) = 6\).

\(\dfrac{P(G|L)}{P(G^c|L)} = \dfrac{P(G)}{P(G^c)} \cdot \dfrac{P(L|G)}{P(L|G^c)} = 2 \cdot 6 = 12\)

\(P(G|L) = 12/13\)

Exercise \(\PageIndex{16}\)

Show that if \(P(A|C) > P(B|C)\) and \(P(A|C^c) > P(B|C^c)\), then \(P(A) > P(B)\). Is the converse true? Prove or give a counterexample.

\(P(A) = P(A|C) P(C) + P(A|C^c) P(C^c) > P(B|C) P(C) + P(B|C^c) P(C^c) = P(B)\).

The converse is not true. Consider \(P(C) = P(C^c) = 0.5\), \(P(A|C) = 1/4\).

\(P(A|C^c) = 3/4\), \(P(B|C) = 1/2\), and \(P(B|C^c) = 1/4\). Then

\(1/2 = P(A) = \dfrac{1}{2} (1/4 + 3/4) > \dfrac{1}{2} (1/2 + 1/4) = P(B) = 3/8\)

But \(P(A|C) < P(B|C)\).

Exercise \(\PageIndex{17}\)

Since \(P(\cdot |B)\) is a probability measure for a given \(B\), we must have \(P(A|B) + P(A^c|B) = 1\). Construct an example to show that in general \(P(A|B) + P(A|B^c) \ne 1\).

Suppose \(A \subset B\) with \(P(A) < P(B)\). Then \(P(A|B) = P(A)/P(B) < 1\) and \(P(A|B^c) = 0\) so the sum is less than one.

Exercise \(\PageIndex{18}\)

Use property ( CP4 ) to show

a. \(P(A|B) > P(A)\) iff \(P(A|B^c) < P(A)\)

b. \(P(A^c|B) > P(A^c)\) iff \(P(A|B) < P(A)\)

c. \(P(A|B) > P(A)\) iff \(P(A^c|B^c) > P(A^c)\)

a. \(P(A|B) > P(A)\) iff \(P(AB) > P(A) P(B)\) iff \(P(AB^c) < P(A) P(B^c)\) iff \(P(A|B^c) < P(A)\)

b. \(P(A^c|B) > P(A^c)\) iff \(P(A^c B) > P(A^c) P(B)\) iff \(P(AB) < P(A) P(B)\) iff \(P(A|B) < P(A)\)

c. \(P(A|B) > P(A)\) iff \(P(AB) > P(A) P(B)\) iff \(P(A^c B^c) > P(A^c) P(B^c)\) iff \(P(A^c|B^c) > P(A^c)\)

Exercise \(\PageIndex{19}\)

Show that \(P(A|B) \ge (P(A) + P(B) - 1)/P(B)\).

\(1 \ge P(A \cup B) = P(A) + P(B) - P(AB) = P(A) + P(B) - P(A|B) P(B)\). Simple algebra gives the desired result.

Exercise \(\PageIndex{20}\)

Show that \(P(A|B) = P(A|BC) P(C|B) + P(A|BC^c) P(C^c|B)\).

\(P(A|B) = \dfrac{P(AB)}{P(B)} = \dfrac{P(ABC) + P(ABC^c)}{P(B)}\)

\(= \dfrac{P(A|BC) P(BC) + P(A|BC^c) P(BC^c)}{P(B)} = P(A|BC) P(C|B) + P(A|BC^c) P(C^c|B)\)

Exercise \(\PageIndex{21}\)

\(P(A|B) = 1\), \(P(A|B^c) = 1/n\), \(P(B) = p\)

\(P(B|A) = \dfrac{P(A|B) P(B)}{P(A|B) P(B) +P(A|B^c) P(B^c)} = \dfrac{p}{p + \dfrac{1}{n} (1 - p)} = \dfrac{np}{(n - 1) p + 1}\)

\(\dfrac{P(B|A)}{P(B)} = \dfrac{n}{np + 1 - p}\) increases from 1 to \(1/p\) as \(n \to \infty\)

Exercise \(\PageIndex{22}\)

Polya's urn scheme for a contagious disease . An urn contains initially \(b\) black balls and \(r\) red balls \((r + b = n)\). A ball is drawn on an equally likely basis from among those in the urn, then replaced along with \(c\) additional balls of the same color. The process is repeated. There are \(n\) balls on the first choice, \(n + c\) balls on the second choice, etc. Let \(B_k\) be the event of a black ball on the \(k\)th draw and \(R_k\) be the event of a red ball on the \(k\)th draw. Determine

a. \(P(B_2|R_1)\) b. \(P(B_1B_2)\) c. \(P(R_2)\) d. \(P(B_1|R_2)\)

a. \(P(B_2|R_1) = \dfrac{b}{n + c}\)

b. \(P(B_1B_2) = P(B_2) P(B_2|B_1) = \dfrac{b}{n} \cdot \dfrac{b + c}{n + c}\)

c. \(P(R_2) P(R_2|R_1) P(R_1) + P(R_2|B_1) P(B_1)\)

\(= \dfrac{r + c}{n + c} \cdot \dfrac{r}{n} + \dfrac{r}{n + c} \cdot \dfrac{b}{n} = \dfrac{r(r + c + b)}{n(n + c)}\)

d. \(P(B_1|R_2) = \dfrac{P(R_2|B_1) P(B_1)}{P(R_2)}\) with \(P(R_2|B_1) P(B_1) = \dfrac{r}{n + c} \cdot \dfrac{b}{n}\). Using (c), we have

\(P(B_1|R_2) = \dfrac{b}{r + b + c} = \dfrac{b}{n + c}\)

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