The probability that two events will both happen is , where is the probability that the first event will happen, and is the probability that the second event will happen when the first event is known to have happened.
Fermat's Principle of Conjunctive Probability
See also
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References
Whittaker, E. T. and Robinson, G. The Calculus of Observations: A Treatise on Numerical Mathematics, 4th ed. New York: Dover, p. 317, 1967.Referenced on Wolfram|Alpha
Fermat's Principle of Conjunctive ProbabilityCite this as:
Weisstein, Eric W. "Fermat's Principle of Conjunctive Probability." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Web Resource. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/FermatsPrincipleofConjunctiveProbability.html