Practicing Success
Probabilities to solve a specific problem by A, B and C are $\frac{1}{2},\frac{1}{3}$ and $\frac{1}{4}$ respectively. Probability that at least one will solve the problem is: |
$\frac{1}{24}$ $\frac{1}{4}$ $\frac{23}{24}$ $\frac{3}{4}$ |
$\frac{3}{4}$ |
$P(A)=\frac{1}{2}, P(B)=\frac{1}{3}, P(C)=\frac{1}{4}$ P(atleast one solves the problem) = $P(A∪B∪C)$ $=P(A)+P(B)+P(C)-P(A∩B)-P(B∩C)-P(A∩C)+P(A∩B∩C)$ for independent events $(P(X∩Y∩Z)=P(X)P(Y)P(Z)$ so $⇒P(A)+P(B)+P(C)-P(A)P(B)-P(B)P(C)-P(C)P(A)+P(A)P(B)P(C)$ $=\frac{1}{2}+\frac{1}{3}+\frac{1}{4}-\frac{1}{2×3}-\frac{1}{3×4}-\frac{1}{2×4}+\frac{1}{2×3×4}$ $=\frac{12+8+6-4-2-3+1}{24}=\frac{21-3}{24}=\frac{18}{24}=\frac{3}{4}$ |