As a Maintenance Function, the Kidnapping of a Wealthy Subject

question 21

True/False

As a maintenance function, the kidnapping of a wealthy subject may be a means of collecting ransom monies that terrorists then use to support their daily expenses and to finance future terrorist activity.

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Definitions:

Addition Law

A probability law used to compute the probability of the union of two events. It is P(A ∙ B) = P(A) + P(B) − P(A ∩ B). For mutually exclusive events, P(A ∩ B) = 0; in this case the addition law reduces to P(A ∙ B) = P(A) + P(B).

Probability

The evaluation of how likely it is for an event to happen.

Independent Events

Two or more events where the occurrence of one does not affect the probability of the others occurring.

Conditional Probability

The probability of an event given that another event already occurred. The conditional probability of A given B is P(A ∣ B) = P(A ∩ B)/P(B).