After years of observations you have found out that
if it rains on a given day, there is a 60% chance
that it will rain on the next day too.
If it is not raining, the chance of rain on the next day in only 25%.
The weather forecast for Friday predicts
the chance of rain is 75%.
What is the probability that
*at least one day* of the weekend
will have *no rain*?
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A = Friday
B = Saturday
C = Sunday
# rain on Friday
P(A) = 0.75
# no rain on Friday
P(A') = 1 - P(A)
= 0.25
P(B|A) = 0.60 # rain on Saturday given the event of rain on Friday
P(B|A') = 0.25 # rain on Saturday given the event of no rain on Friday
P(C|B) = 0.60 # rain on Sunday given the event of rain on Saturday
P(C|B') = 0.25 # rain on Sunday given the event of no rain on Saturday
P(B) = P(B|A) P(A) + P(B|A') P(A')
= 0.60 * 0.75 + 0.25 * 0.25
= 0.5125
P(B') = 1 - P(B)
= 0.4875
P(C) = P(C|B) P(B) + P(C|B') P(B')
= 0.60 * 0.5125 + 0.25 * 0.4875
= 0.429375
P(C') = 1 - P(C)
= 0.570625
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# Bayes' theorem
P(C|B) P(B)
P(B|C) = -------------
P(C)
0.60 * 0.5125 164
P(B|C) = --------------- = -----
0.429375 229
164 123 277
1 - P(B and C) = 1 - P(B|C) P(C) = 1 - 0.429375 ----- = 1 - ----- = -----
229 400 400