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Given that E and F are events such that P(E) = 0.6, P(F) = 0.3 and P(E ∩ F) = 0.2, find P (E|F) and P(F|E)

Given: P(E) = 0.6, P(F) = 0.3 and P(E ∩ F) = 0.2

We know that


By definition of conditional probability,




And


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