Events A and B are independent, events A and C are mutually exclusive, and events B and C are independent. If P(A) = 1/2; P(B) = 1/4; P(C) = 1/8; what is P(A∪B∪C)?

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2022-07-20

Events A and B are independent, events A and C are mutually exclusive, and events B and C are independent.
If P ( A ) = 12 ;   P ( B ) = 14 ;   P ( C ) = 18; what is P ( A B C )?

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Franklin Frey

Franklin Frey

Beginner2022-07-21Added 15 answers

Note that the event A B C can happen in the following two disjoint ways: (i) B holds or (ii) B fails and one of A or C holds.
The probability of (i) is 1 / 4.
For probability of (ii) we need to work somewhat harder. Since A and C are mutually exclusive, we want Pr ( B A ) + Pr ( B C ). Here B denotes the complement of B. The required probabilities can be found by independence.
It remains to put the pieces together.

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