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Given P(A) = 0.7 and P(B) = 0.4 1) If A and B are independent events,...

Given P(A) = 0.7 and P(B) = 0.4 1) If A and B are independent events, compute P(A and B) - please center your answers in two decimal places 2) If P(A|B) = 0.1, compute P(A and B) ( THE ANSWERS ARE NOT 0.28 & 0.04 )

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Given that

P(A) = 0.7 and

P(B) = 0.4

1 ) If A and B are independent events then we want to compute P( A and B)

i.e.

Given that, A and B are independent events then

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2 ) Given that P(A/B) = 0.1

we want to compute P ( A and B ) i.e.

i.e.  

i.e.

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