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Of the teenager surveyed, 46% on a game console, 35% own a personal computer, And 29% owns both a game console and personal computer. What is the conditional probability that a teenager randomly selected owns a game console, given that the teenager owns a personal computer?

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Given:

Teenagers who own a game console = 46%

Teenagers who own a personal computer = 35%

Teenagers who own both a game console and personal computer = 29%

Required- the conditional probability that a teenager randomly selected owns a game console, given that the teenager owns a personal computer.

Explanation:

Let A be the event that the teenager randomly selected owns a game console.

Let B be the event the teenager randomly selected owns a personal computer.

Now, we change the probability of each event in decimal as:

[tex]\begin{gathered} P(A)=46\% \\ \\ =\frac{46}{100} \\ \\ =0.46 \end{gathered}[/tex]

Now, the probability of event B is:

[tex]\begin{gathered} P(B)=35\% \\ \\ =\frac{35}{100} \\ \\ =0.35 \end{gathered}[/tex]

Now, the probability of events A and B is:

[tex]\begin{gathered} P(A\text{ and B})=29\% \\ \\ =\frac{29}{100} \\ \\ =0.29 \end{gathered}[/tex]

We know that the formula to find the conditional probability of event A, given event B is:

[tex]P(A|B)=\frac{P(A\text{ and B})}{P(B)}[/tex]

Now, we put the given values in the formula, we get:

[tex]\begin{gathered} P(A|B)=\frac{0.29}{0.35} \\ \\ =0.82857 \\ \\ \approx0.83 \end{gathered}[/tex]

Final answer: The conditional probability that a teenager randomly selected owns a game console, given that the teenager owns a personal computer is approximately 0.83.