Law of Total Probability

Rarely Tested

Law of Total Probability

If B_1,...,B_n form a partition of S:

$$P(A)=\sum_{i=1}^{n}P(A\mid B_i)P(B_i)$$

Usage

- Used when an event can occur through several mutually exclusive cases.

Question 1

Two balls are selected at random one by one without replacement from a bag containing 4 white and 6 black balls. If the probability that the first selected ball is black, given that the second selected ball is also black, is $$\frac{m}{n}$$, where $$gcd(m,n)=1$$, then $$m+n$$ is equal to :

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