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#2: Post edited by user avatar Wolgwang‭ · 2021-09-02T14:14:13Z (about 3 years ago)
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How can I visualize the Law of Total Probability with extra conditioning?
  • How can I pictorialized this Theorem 2.4.3? As you can see below, I edited a picture by drawing E inside B.. Is my edit correct? Can my edit be improved?
  • >![Image alt text](https://math.codidact.com/uploads/QXFghvR3D4g399S4fE9yqGLT)
  • Blitzstein, *Introduction to Probability* (2019 2 ed), Chapter 1, p 60.
  • ![Image alt text](https://math.codidact.com/uploads/go7h9pBMeE76oAGvSeQGGvXR)
  • Bertsekas, *Introduction to Probability* (2008 2e), p 32, Fig. 1.14.
  • How can I pictorialized this Theorem 2.4.3? As you can see below, I edited a picture by drawing E inside B.. Is my edit correct? Can my edit be improved?
  • >**Theorem 2.4.3** (LOTP with extra conditioning). Let $A_{1}, \ldots, A_{n}$ be a partition of
  • S. Provided that $P\left(A_{i} \cap E\right)>0$ for all $i$, we have
  • $$
  • P(B \mid E)=\sum_{i=1}^{n} P\left(B \mid A_{i}, E\right) P\left(A_{i} \mid E\right)
  • $$
  • Blitzstein, *Introduction to Probability* (2019 2 ed), Chapter 1, p 60.
  • ![Diagram](https://math.codidact.com/uploads/go7h9pBMeE76oAGvSeQGGvXR)
  • Bertsekas, *Introduction to Probability* (2008 2e), p 32, Fig. 1.14.
#1: Initial revision by user avatar DNB‭ · 2021-07-28T00:06:49Z (over 3 years ago)
How can I visualize the Law of Total Probability with extra conditioning?
How can I pictorialized this Theorem 2.4.3? As you can see below, I edited a picture by drawing E inside B.. Is my edit correct? Can my edit be improved? 

>![Image alt text](https://math.codidact.com/uploads/QXFghvR3D4g399S4fE9yqGLT)

Blitzstein, *Introduction to Probability* (2019 2 ed), Chapter 1, p 60. 


![Image alt text](https://math.codidact.com/uploads/go7h9pBMeE76oAGvSeQGGvXR)

Bertsekas, *Introduction to Probability* (2008 2e), p 32, Fig. 1.14.