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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2017 iii Paper 322 1 ii Solution by
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Use conditional independence at the common age . A system with a red giant and a second evolved component is either a pair of red giants, with conditional probability , or a red giant and a white dwarf, with conditional probability . The factor two counts which component is the white dwarf; a pair of red giants is counted only once. Since , the unconditional probability of this event isThis event is contained in the event of at least one red giant. Therefore the requested conditional probability, among systems selected for containing a red giant, isIn particular the denominator is a fraction of systems, not the individual-star fraction .
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