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Exercises: Explain Conditional Probability and Independence in Everyday Language
Work through each section in order. This standard is about EXPLAINING in plain words, so several problems ask you to write complete sentences. Remember: "A given B" and "B given A" are different questions with different reference groups; "independent" means knowing one tells you nothing about the other (it is about information, not whether the events can happen together).
Grade 10·21 problems·~30 min·Common Core Math - HS Statistics and Probability·group·hss-cp-a-5
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Warm-Up: Conditional and Independence Language
These problems review the plain-language meaning of conditioning and independence.
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A news report says, "Among people who exercise daily, 80% sleep well." Which conditional probability does this claim describe?