Applied Statistics and Probability for Engineers, 6th Edition

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Chapter 2 - Section 2-2 - Interpretations of Probability - Exercises - Page 33: 2-58

Answer

a) $0.4$ b) $0.6$ c) $0.6$ d) $1$ e) $0$

Work Step by Step

Note that the probability for each of the 5 outcomes is $\frac{1}{5} = 0.2$ a) A = {a, b} , so $P(A) = 0.2 + 0.2 = 0.4$ b) B = {c, d, e} , so $P(B) = 0.2 + 0.2 + 0.2 = 0.6$ c) $P(A') = 1 - P(A) = 1 - 0.4 - 0.6$ d) $A\cup B$ = {a, b, c, d, e} , so $P(A\cup B) = 0.2 + 0.2 + 0.2 + 0.2 + 0.2 = 1$ e) Since A and B have no outcomes in common , $A\cap B$ = $\emptyset$ That means that $P(A\cap B) = 0$
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