After Rome Had Twice Defeated Carthage,a Third Punic War

question 4

Multiple Choice

After Rome had twice defeated Carthage,a Third Punic War:

• A)was unthinkable to most statesmen in the mid-second century b.c.e.
• B)left Rome defeated and in ruins.
• C)ran contrary to Roman public opinion and principles of international law.
• D)ended in disaster for the Roman Expeditionary Force in North Africa.
• E)was provoked by war hawks who thought Carthage must be destroyed.

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Definitions:

Conditional Probability (P(B | A))

The probability of an event B occurring given that event A has already occurred.

Mutually Exclusive

Describes events that cannot occur at the same time, meaning the occurrence of one event excludes the possibility of the other event happening.

P(A ∩ B)

The probability of the intersection of events A and B, representing the likelihood that both events occur simultaneously.

P(A ∪ B)

Represents the probability of the occurrence of at least one of two events, A or B, including the case where both events occur simultaneously.