A and B are independent events with $\mathrm{P}(\mathrm{A})=\frac{3}{10}$,…

A and B are independent events with $\mathrm{P}(\mathrm{A})=\frac{3}{10}$, $\mathrm{P}(\mathrm{B})=\frac{2}{5}$, then $\mathrm{P}\left(\mathrm{A}^{\prime} \cup \mathrm{B}\right)$ has the value
  1. $\frac{41}{50}$
  2. $\frac{41}{125}$
  3. $\frac{7}{25}$
  4. $\frac{7}{50}$

Solution

Given that $\mathrm{P}(\mathrm{A})=\frac{3}{10}, \mathrm{P}(\mathrm{B})=\frac{2}{5}$ $\begin{aligned} \therefore \quad & \mathrm{P}\left(\mathrm{~A}^{\prime}\right)=\frac{7}{10} \\ & \mathrm{P}\left(\mathrm{~A}^{\prime} \cup \mathrm{B}\right) \\ & =\mathrm{P}\left(\mathrm{~A}^{\prime}\right)+\mathrm{P}(\mathrm{~B})-\mathrm{P}\left(\mathrm{~A}^{\prime} \cap \mathrm{B}\right) \\ & =\mathrm{P}\left(\mathrm{~A}^{\prime}\right)+\mathrm{P}(\mathrm{~B})-\mathrm{P}\left(\mathrm{~A}^{\prime}\right)(\mathrm{B}) \end{aligned}$ $\ldots\left[\because A\right.$ and $B$ are independent, $A^{\prime}$ and $B$ are also independent] $\begin{aligned} & =\frac{7}{10}+\frac{2}{5}-\frac{7}{10} \times \frac{2}{5} \\ & =\frac{41}{50} \end{aligned}$

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