A First Course in Probability (10th Edition)
A First Course in Probability (10th Edition)
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ISBN: 9780134753119
Author: Sheldon Ross
Publisher: PEARSON
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A stock market analyst figures the probabilities that two related stocks, A and B, will go up in price. She finds the probability that A will go up to be 0.8 and the probability that both stocks will go up to be 0.3. What should be her estimate of the probability that stock B goes up, given that stock A goes up? (Enter your probability as a fraction.)

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