Mother, father and son line up at random for a family picture
E : son on one end, F : father in middle
Determine P(E|F)
Let M denote mother, F denote father and S denote son.
Then, the sample space for the given experiment will be:
S = {MFS, SFM, FSM, MSF, SMF, FMS}
Here, E: Son on one end
And F: Father in middle
⇒ E = {MFS, SFM, SMF, FMS} and F = {MFS, SFM}
⇒ E ∩ F = {MFS, SFM}
So,
Now, we know that
By definition of conditional probability,
⇒ P(E|F) = 1