please help me working out the probablity for this?
The question is: A student is chosen at random, find the probability that they
- do not attend the revision sessions but improve their grade. (which i have the answer as 0.04 and it is correct. )
- improve their grade (answer = 0.85)
Now, with that given information i need to do this:
A student improves their grade, find the probability that they attended the revision sessions.
I'm not sure how to do this, but the answer is 0.95 - please show me the steps for this so i can do the others.
thank you
Re: please help me working out the probablity for this?
With just the information you give, there s no way to answer that question- and you were surely given additional information. How did you get the "0.04" and "0.85"?
Re: please help me working out the probablity for this?
oh gosh sorry - yes i thought i posted it but the second half didnt come up in my question.
anyway a tree diagram was included, here is the link to it:
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thanks for your help
Re: please help me working out the probablity for this?
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Originally Posted by
emily9843 
The question is: A student is chosen at random, find the probability that they
- do not attend the revision sessions but improve their grade. (which i have the answer as 0.04 and it is correct. )
- improve their grade (answer = 0.85)
Now, with that given information i need to do this:
A student improves their grade, find the probability that they attended the revision sessions.
I'm not sure how to do this, but the answer is 0.95 - please show me the steps for this so i can do the others.
thank you
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Originally Posted by
emily9843
Hi emily9843! :)
You are asked for a conditional probability.
The probability on A given that B is true is:
 = \frac {P(A \wedge B)} {P(B)})
In your case that is the chance that they attended, given that they improved, which is:
 &= \frac{P(attended \text{ and } improved)}{P(improved)} \\ &= \frac {0.9 \cdot 0.9} {0.9 \cdot 0.9 + 0.1 \cdot 0.4} = \frac{0.81}{0.85} = 0.95 \end{aligned})
