Let A and B be two events such that the probability that exactly one of them occurs is ${2 \over 5}$ and the probability that A or B occurs is ${1 \over 2}$ , then the probability of both of them occur together is :
Solution
Probability that exactly one of them occurs
<br><br>P(A) + P(B) – 2P (A $\cap$ B) = ${2 \over 5}$ .....(1)
<br><br>Probability
that A or B occurs is
<br><br>P(A) + P(B) – P(A $\cap$ B) = ${1 \over 2}$ ......(2)
<br><br>Doing (2) - (1)
<br><br>P(A $\cap$ B) = ${1 \over 2} - {2 \over 5}$ = 0.10
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Subject: Mathematics · Chapter: Probability · Topic: Classical and Axiomatic Probability
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