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If A and B are disjoint events and Pr(B) > 0, what is the value of Pr(A|B)?

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If A and B are disjoint events and\(Pr\left( B \right){\rm{ }} > {\rm{ }}0\) , then the value of \(Pr\left( {A\left| B \right.} \right)\) is 0.

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Given information

A and B are disjoint events and \(\Pr \left( B \right) > 0\) .

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Finding the conditional probability \({\bf{Pr}}\left( {{\bf{A}}\left| {\bf{B}} \right.} \right)\) 

The conditional probability of the event A given that the event B has previously occurred is given by:

\(\Pr \left( {A\left| B \right.} \right) = \frac{{\Pr \left( {A \cap B} \right)}}{{\Pr \left( B \right)}};\Pr \left( B \right) > 0\;\;\;...\left( 1 \right)\)

SinceA and B are disjoint events, therefore,

\(\left( {A \cap B} \right) = \phi \Rightarrow \Pr \left( {A \cap B} \right) = 0\)

This implies:

\(\Pr \left( {A \cap B} \right) = 0\)

Thus, equation (1) becomes:

\(\begin{aligned}{}\Pr \left( {A\left| B \right.} \right) &= \frac{{\Pr \left( {A \cap B} \right)}}{{\Pr \left( B \right)}}\\ &= \frac{0}{{\Pr \left( B \right)}}\\ &= 0\end{aligned}\)

Therefore, the required value of the given expression is 0.

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