Kashvi, Kalyani and Sara of class 12 are given a problem in Accounts whose respective probabilities of solving are $\frac{2}{5},\frac{1}{4}$ and $\frac{1}{6}$. They were asked to solve it independently. The probability that either only Kalyani or Kashvi or Sara solves it is: |
$\frac{9}{20}$ $\frac{7}{20}$ $\frac{5}{20}$ $\frac{3}{20}$ |
$\frac{9}{20}$ |
Using venn diagram P(only one of these solves the problems) $=P(A)+P(B)+P(C)-2P(A∩B)-2P(B∩C)-2P(A∩C)+3P(A∩B∩C)$ $=\frac{2}{5}+\frac{1}{4}+\frac{1}{6}-\frac{2×2×1}{5×4}-\frac{2×1×1}{4×6}-\frac{2×2×1}{5×6}+\frac{3×2}{4×5×6}$ $=\frac{48+30+20-24-10-16-6}{120}=\frac{104-50}{120}$ $=\frac{9}{20}$ |