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Suppose that an individual is randomly selected from the population of all adult males living in the United States. Let A be the event that the selected individual is over 6 feet in height, and let B be the event

Suppose that an individual is randomly selected from the population of all adult males living in the United States. Let A be the event that the selected individual is over 6 feet in height, and let B be the event that the selected individual is a professional basketball player. Which do you think is larger, P(A| B) or P(B| A)? Why?

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