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Marginal Probability

Let $S$ be partitioned into $r\times s$ disjoint sets $E_i$ and $F_j$ where the general subset is denoted $E_i\cap F_j$. Then the marginal probability of $E_i$ is

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P(E_i)=\sum_{j=1}^s P(E_i\cap F_j).
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1999-05-26