Explain conditional probability and independence in everyday language and situations.
Measure how conditioning changes likelihood
Problem
For two draws without replacement from \(3\) red and \(2\) blue marbles, compare \(P(\text{second}~\text{red})=3/5\) with \(P(\text{second}~\text{red}~|~\text{first}~\text{red})=2/4\). Classify the events without claiming causation.
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Without replacement, the first outcome changes both favorable and total counts for the second draw. We’ll compute the original second-red probability, update the bag after a first red, compute the conditional rate, measure the percentage-point change, and interpret that change as dependence rather than causation.
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