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Comment author: DanielLC 20 June 2011 11:43:57PM 1 point [-]

Are you also saying that using the alternative form of Bayes' formula can't lead to probability > 1?

Yes. In order for you to get higher than one, P(B|~A)P(~A) would have to be negative.

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