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<span class="type">Example</span><span class="space heading-divison-mark heading-divison-mark__space"> </span><span class="codenumber">25</span><span class="period heading-divison-mark heading-divison-mark__period">.</span>
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<div class="para">Continuing from the previous example, <span class="process-math">\(|\Omega| = 36\text{.}\)</span>
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\begin{align*}
A \amp = \{(4, 6), (5, 5), (5, 6), (6, 4), (6, 5), (6, 6)\} \\
B \amp = \{(6, 1), (6, 2), (6, 3), (6, 4), (6, 5), (6, 6)\} \\
A \cap B \amp = \{(6, 4), (6, 5), (6, 6)\}
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<div class="para">So <span class="process-math">\(\Pr(A) = \frac{6}{36}, \Pr(B) = \frac{6}{36}, \text{and } \Pr(A\cap B) = \frac{3}{36}\text{.}\)</span> Then:</div>
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\Pr(A \mid B) = \frac{\Pr(A\cap B)}{\Pr(B)} = \frac{3/36}{6/36} = \frac{3}{6} = \frac{1}{2}.
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<div class="para">Notice that <span class="process-math">\(\Pr(A\mid B)\)</span> is significantly larger than <span class="process-math">\(\Pr(A)\text{.}\)</span>
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