M.GHS.47

Find the conditional probability of A given B as the fraction of B’s outcomes that also belong to A, and interpret the answer in terms of the model.

Example Problems
The following table shows the city transit performance by route:
RouteOn timeLateTotal
A641680
B451560
C51960
Total16040200


Given that a trip was on
Route B, find .
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Find the probability that a student takes Spanish, given that the student takes Calculus.
A spinner lands on red 40% of the time. Let be the number of spins until the spinner first lands on red. Assume spins are independent.

Find the probability that the first red occurs on the
2nd spin.

Round your answer to the
nearest hundredth.
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