The research department of a board game company surveyed some shoppers at a local mall. The team asked shoppers how often they read the news, among other questions. Then the team played a memory card game with the shoppers. They recorded how many cards each shopper remembered.What is the probability that a randomly selected shopper reads the news 1-2 times a week given that the shopper remembered 1-3 cards?

Solution

Solution

\frac{1}{52}

Solution steps

Find the probability of getting 1:

\frac{1}{52}

Since the events are independent, Use the formula

P (X_{1} \land X_{2} \land \dots \land X_{k}) = P (X_{1}) \cdot P (X_{2}) \cdot \dots \cdot P (X_{k})

= \frac{1}{52}

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