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Transcribed Image Text:If T is the event that a convict committed theft and B is the event that the convict committed burglary, state in words
what probabilities are expressed by
(a) P(TIB);
(b) P (B' IT);
(c) P(T'IB').
(a) State in words what probability is expressed by P(TIB).
O A. The probability that a convict who committed theft did not commit burglary.
O B. The probability that a convict who committed burglary did not commit theft.
O C. The probability that a convict who committed burglary also committed theft.
O D. The probability that a convict who committed theft also committed burglary.
(b) State in words what probability is expressed by P (B' IT).
O A. The probability that a convict who committed burglary did not commit theft.
O B. The probability that a convict who committed burglary also committed theft.
OC. The probability that a convict who committed theft also committed burglary.
O D. The probability that a convict who committed theft did not commit burglary.

Transcribed Image Text:(c) State in words what probability is expressed by P (T' | B').
O A. The probability that a convict who committed burglary did not commit theft.
O B. The probability that a convict who did not commit theft also did not commit burglary.
O C. The probability that a convict who did not commit burglary also did not commit theft.
O D. The probability that a convict who committed theft did not commit burglary.
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