Exercise
You are given
- [math]\operatorname{P}[A \cup B] = 0.7[/math]
- [math]\operatorname{P}[A \cup B'] = 0.9[/math]
Calculate [math]\operatorname{P}[A] [/math].
- 0.2
- 0.3
- 0.4
- 0.6
- 0.8
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Solution: D
First note
[[math]]
\operatorname{P}[ A ∪ B ] = \operatorname{P}[ A] + \operatorname{P}[ B ] − \operatorname{P}[ A ∩ B ], \,
\operatorname{P}[ A ∪ B '] = \operatorname{P}[ A] + \operatorname{P}[ B '] − \operatorname{P}[ A ∩ B '].
[[/math]]
Then add these two equations to get
[[math]]
\begin{align*}
\operatorname{P}[ A ∪ B ] + \operatorname{P}[ A ∪ B '] &= 2 \operatorname{P}[ A] + ( \operatorname{P}[ B ] + \operatorname{P}[ B '] ) − ( \operatorname{P}[ A ∩ B ] + \operatorname{P}[ A ∩ B '] ) \\
0.7 + 0.9 &= 2 \operatorname{P}[ A] + 1 − P ⎡⎣( A ∩ B ) ∪ ( A ∩ B ') ⎤⎦
\\ 1.6 &= 2 \operatorname{P}[ A] + 1 − \operatorname{P}[ A] \\
\end{align*}
[[/math]]
which implies that [math]\operatorname{P}[A] = 0.6 [/math].
- Created by Admin, Apr 28'23