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Problem
Three events A, B and C are such that
P(A)=0.1P(B∣A)=0.3P(A∪B)=0.25P(C)=0.5
Given that A and C are mutually exclusive
(a) find P(A∪C)
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(b) Show that P(B)=0.18
(3)
Given also that B and C are independent,
(c) draw a Venn diagram to represent the events A, B and C and the probabilities associated with each region.
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解答
(a)
解法一
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A 和 C mutually exclusive,所以交集为 0,联合概率直接相加。
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P(A∪C)=P(A)+P(C)=0.1+0.5=0.6.
(b)
解法一
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先由条件概率求 P(A∩B),再代入加法公式求 P(B)。
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Using
P(B∣A)=P(A)P(A∩B),
we get
P(A∩B)=0.3(0.1)=0.03.
Now
P(A∪B)=P(A)+P(B)−P(A∩B).
So
0.25=P(B)=0.1+P(B)−0.030.18.
(c)
解法一
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先放 A∩B=0.03。因为 A 与 C 互斥,所以 A∩C=0,三者交集也为 0。再用 B 与 C 独立求 B∩C。
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Since B and C are independent,
P(B∩C)=P(B)P(C)=0.18(0.5)=0.09.
Also,
P(A∩B)=0.03.
Since A and C are mutually exclusive,
P(A∩C)=0,P(A∩B∩C)=0.
The A only region is
0.10−0.03=0.07.
The B only region is
0.18−0.03−0.09=0.06.
The C only region is
0.50−0.09=0.41.
The outside region is
1=−(0.07+0.03+0.06+0.09+0.41)0.34.
So the Venn diagram should contain the regions
A only=0.07,A∩B=0.03,B only=0.06,B∩C=0.09,C only=0.41,outside=0.34,
with the A∩C regions equal to 0.