Conditional Probability
 

Some of these are conditional probability problems and some of them arenít.   Watch out!

You draw ONE card from a well-shuffled 52 card deck.  Find the theoretical probability that the card is

1.  a heart
2.  a heart if you know  that it is a red card
3.  a red card
4. a red card if you know that it is a heart
5.  a king
6.  a king if you know that it is a face card (king, queen or jack)
7.  an ace
8.  an ace if you know that it is a heart
9.  the ace of hearts
10.  a heart if you know that it is an ace
11.  a spade if you know that it is a red card
12.  a heart or a face card
13.  a heart and a face card
 
 
Primar Career Motivation
Money Allowed to be Creative Sense of Giving to Society       Total 
Male 15 22 18 55
Female 10 15 20 45
Total 25 37 38 100

If a student is to be selected at random, find the probability that the student selected will be

1.  female
2.  motivated primarily by creativity
3.  not motivated primarily by money
4.  male and motivated primarily by money
5.  male, given that the primary motivation is a sense of giving to society
6.  motivated primarily by money or creativity, given that the student is a female
7.  female, given that the motivation is not money
 

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