For two events $\mathrm{A}$ and $\mathrm{B}, \mathrm{P}(\mathrm{A} \cup \mathrm{B})=\frac{5}{6},…

For two events $\mathrm{A}$ and $\mathrm{B}, \mathrm{P}(\mathrm{A} \cup \mathrm{B})=\frac{5}{6}, \mathrm{P}(\mathrm{A})=\frac{1}{6}, \mathrm{P}(\mathrm{B})=\frac{2}{3}$, then $\mathrm{A}$ and $\mathrm{B}$ are
  1. independent
  2. mutually exhaustive
  3. mutually exclusive
  4. complementary

Solution

$\begin{aligned} & \text { We have, } \mathrm{P}(\mathrm{A} \cup \mathrm{B})=\frac{5}{6}, \mathrm{P}(\mathrm{A})=\frac{1}{6}, \mathrm{P}(\mathrm{B})=\frac{2}{3} \\ & \mathrm{P}(\mathrm{A} \cup \mathrm{B})=\mathrm{P}(\mathrm{A})+\mathrm{P}(\mathrm{B})-\mathrm{P}(\mathrm{A} \cap \mathrm{B}) \\ & \therefore \frac{5}{6}=\frac{1}{6}+\frac{3}{2}-\mathrm{P}(\mathrm{A} \cap \mathrm{B}) \Rightarrow \mathrm{P}(\mathrm{A} \cap \mathrm{B})=0 \end{aligned}$ Thus A and B are mutually exclusive events.

Asked in: MHT CET 2021 (22 Sep Shift 1)

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