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Old 10-16-2007, 07:57 PM
R Gibert R Gibert is offline
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Default Re: basic probability question counter intuitive?

Okay, you're exactly right. What I've said about your formula was wrong.

What you have is literally:

P = (A + A'B) + (1 - (A + A'B))C

and how you describe it is exactly right:

= A + A'B + (1 - A - A'B)C
= A + A'B + (A' - A'B)C
= A + A'B + A'(1 - B)C
= A + A'B + A'B'C

where

A'B' = 1 - (A + A'B)

just as you said.
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