Compute Conditional Probabilities
-Computing the probability of the event "drawing a second red ball from a bag of colored balls after having kept the red ball that was drawn first from the bag" is an example of
A) conditional probability.
B) independence of events.
C) mutual exclusiveness.
D) disjoint events.

Question

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This is an example of conditional probability because the probability of drawing a second red ball is affected by the outcome of the first event (keeping the first red ball), changing the composition of the bag for the second draw.

Compute Conditional Probabilities -Computing the Probability of the Event "Drawing a Second Red