IB skill practice

Use conditional probability

Calculate and interpret conditional probability from two-way information.

Paper 1 5 marks Difficulty 2

Calculate conditional probability

In a tutor group, \(18\) students study Chemistry and \(6\) of those students also study Biology. Given that a student studies Chemistry, find the probability that the student also studies Biology.

Worked practice: conditional probability

Restrict the sample space to the given condition before writing the probability.