The Venn diagram below illustrates a sample space containingsix sample points and three events, A, B, and C.The probabilities of the sample points are P(1)=.3,P(2)=.2,P(3)=.1,P(4)=.1,P(5)=.1,andP(6)=.2.

a. FindP(AB),P(BC),P(AC),P(ABC),P(Bc),P(AcB).

b. Are A and B independent? Mutually exclusive? Why?

c. Are B and C independent? Mutually exclusive? Why?

Short Answer

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a. The values are, successively, 0, 0.2, 0.9, 1, 0.7, 0.3, 0.4, 0.

b. Events A and B are not independent, yet they are mutually exclusive.

c. Events B and C are not independent also they are not mutually exclusive.

Step by step solution

01

Required formula.

The formula is used P(A|B)=P(AB)P(B).

P(AB)=P(A)+P(B)

02

Find P(A∩B),P(B∩C),P(A∪C),P(A∪B∪C),P(Bc),P(Ac∩B).

a.

Here,

P(1)=.3,P(2)=.2,P(3)=.1,P(4)=.1,P(5)=.1, and P6=.2.

P(AB)=P0=0

role="math" localid="1660215728600" P(BC)=P2=0.2

P(AC)=P1+2+P3+P5+P6=0.3+0.2+0.1+0.1+0.2=0.9

P(ABC)=P1+2+P3+P5+P6=0.3+0.2+0.1+0.1+0.2=1

P(Bc)=1-PB=1-P2+P4=1-0.2+0.1=0.7

P(AcB)=P2+P4=0.2+0.1=0.3

P(B\C)=P2P2+P5+P6=0.20.2+0.1+0.2=0.4

PB\A=P0P1+P3+P5=00.3+0.1+0.1=0

Hence, the values are 0, 0.2, 0.9, 1, 0.7, 0.3, 0.4, 0 respectively.

03

Are A and B independent? Mutually exclusive

b.

No, the both events are not independent, and they are mutually exclusive, becausePAB=0

So, Events are independent but not mutually exclusive.

04

Are B and C independent? Mutually exclusive

c.

No, the both events are not independent, mutually exclusive, because

P(BC)=0.2andP(BC)P(B)P(C)

Therefore, both events are not independent and mutually exclusive.

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