$A, B, C$ are three events, one of which must and only one can happen the odds in favour of $A$ are $4: 6$,…

$A, B, C$ are three events, one of which must and only one can happen the odds in favour of $A$ are $4: 6$, odds against $B$ are $7: 3$, then odds against $C$ are
  1. 7:3
  2. 3:7
  3. 6:4
  4. 4:6

Solution

$P(A)=\frac{4}{4+6}=\frac{2}{5}, P(B)=\frac{3}{3+7}=\frac{3}{10}$ $\because A, B$ and $C$ are mutually exclusive and exhaustive $\begin{aligned} & \Rightarrow P(A)+P(B)+P(C)=1 \\ & \Rightarrow \frac{2}{5}+\frac{3}{10}+P(C)=1 \\ & \Rightarrow P(C)=\frac{3}{10} \end{aligned}$ Now, odds against to the event $C=\frac{1-P(C)}{P(C)}=\frac{1-\frac{3}{10}}{\frac{3}{10}}=\frac{7}{3}$

Asked in: MHT CET 2022 (11 Aug Shift 1)

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