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Alternate Bayes' Theorem Equation

Bayes' Theorem can also be used as the following :

P(AB)=P(AB)P(B) P(A | B) = \frac{P(A \cap B)}{P(B)} The way to think about this is that given two events A and B, the probability that A happens, given B occurs, is the probability of their intersection occuring i.e. both events occuring, over the probability that B occurs. The easiest way to see why this works is for Independent events. If A and B are independent, the probability that they both occur is the product of their individual probabilities. Which then simplifies the above equation to : P(AB)=P(AB)P(B) P(A|B) = \frac{P(A \cap B)}{P(B)}     P(AB)=P(A).P(B)P(B) \implies P(A|B) = \frac{P(A).P(B)}{P(B)}     P(AB)=P(A) \implies P(A|B) = P(A) Which makes sense since the events are independent.

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Updated 2020-03-22

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