Computing Conditional Probability and Summing out Variables

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Given random variables X, Y, and Z, each of which with domain {-1, 1}, compute $P(A=1|B=1 \cap C=1)$ given that the following are true:

  • $P(X=1)=0.55$
  • $P(Y=1|X=1)=0.66$
  • $P(Y=1|X=-1)=0.2$
  • $P(Z=1|X=1)=0.94$
  • $P(Z=1|X=-1)=0.12$
  • Z and Y are conditionally independent given X.

How do you compute this? I assume I'm supposed to use the chain rule, but:

$$P(X=1|Y=1 \cap Z=1)=\frac{P(X=1\cap Y=1\cap Z=1)}{P(Y=1 \cap Z=1)}$$

doesn't really help me much since I don't know the probability of any of these intersections.

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After the original post was edited, there appears additional information: $$ \mathbb P(Y=1,Z=1\mid X=1)=\mathbb P(Y=1\mid X=1)\cdot \mathbb P(Z=1\mid X=1)=0.94\cdot 0.66 $$ and $$ \mathbb P(Y=1,Z=1\mid X=-1)=\mathbb P(Y=1\mid X=-1)\cdot \mathbb P(Z=1\mid X=-1)=0.12\cdot 0.2 $$

From the first equality you can find $\mathbb (X=1,Y=1,Z=1)$.

To find $\mathbb P(Y=1, Z=1)$ find first $\mathbb (X=-1,Y=1,Z=1)$ from the second equality above and add $$ \mathbb P(Y=1, Z=1) = \mathbb P(X=-1,Y=1, Z=1)+\mathbb P(X=1,Y=1, Z=1). $$