Problem: 10 stickers numbered 1 to 10 are placed in a bowl , mixed up thoroughly and then one sticker is drawn randomly . if it is known that the number on the drawn sticker is more than 3 , what is the probability that it is an even number ?
Rationale: let a be the event ‘ the number on the card drawn is even ’ and b be the event ‘ the number on the card drawn is greater than 3 ’ . we have to find p ( a | b ) . now , the sample space of the experiment is s = { 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 } then a = { 2 , 4 , 6 , 8 , 10 } , b = { 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 } and a n b = { 4 , 6 , 8 , 10 } also p ( a ) = 5 / 2 , p ( b ) = 7 / 10 and p ( a n b ) = 4 / 10 then p ( a | b ) = p ( a n b ) / p ( b ) = ( 4 / 10 ) / ( 7 / 10 ) = 4 / 7 b )
annotated_formula: multiply(divide(const_4, 10), divide(10, subtract(10, 3)))