In a random survey of Valentine's Day candy bags, 50% of bags contained red candy, 25% of bags contained pink candy, and 15% contained both red and pink candy. Explain which is greater: - The conditional probability that a bag with pink candy also contains red candy - The conditional probability that a bag with red candy also contains pink candy

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Marina Macdonald

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16 September, 04:56

In a random survey of Valentine's Day candy bags, 50% of bags contained red candy, 25% of bags contained pink candy, and 15% contained both red and pink candy. Explain which is greater: - The conditional probability that a bag with pink candy also contains red candy - The conditional probability that a bag with red candy also contains pink candy

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Trent Powers · Answer 1

The bag with red candy would be greater as it is already containing 50 % of all and instead its having some share in 15% of those in which both are mixed