If $\mathrm{A}$ and $\mathrm{B}$ are two events such that $\mathrm{P}(\mathrm{A})=\frac{1}{3}$,…

If $\mathrm{A}$ and $\mathrm{B}$ are two events such that $\mathrm{P}(\mathrm{A})=\frac{1}{3}$, $\mathrm{P}(\mathrm{B})=\frac{1}{5}, \mathrm{P}(\mathrm{A} \cup \mathrm{B})=\frac{1}{3}$, then the value of $\mathrm{P}\left(\mathrm{A}^{\prime} / \mathrm{B}^{\prime}\right)+\mathrm{P}\left(\mathrm{B}^{\prime} / \mathrm{A}^{\prime}\right)$ is
  1. $\frac{5}{6}$
  2. $1$
  3. $\frac{1}{6}$
  4. $\frac{11}{6}$

Solution

$\begin{aligned} \mathrm{P}\left(\mathrm{A}^{\prime} / \mathrm{B}^{\prime}\right) & =\frac{\mathrm{P}\left(\mathrm{A}^{\prime} \cap \mathrm{B}^{\prime}\right)}{\mathrm{P}\left(\mathrm{B}^{\prime}\right)} \\ & =\frac{1-\mathrm{P}(\mathrm{A} \cup \mathrm{B})}{1-\mathrm{P}(\mathrm{B})} \\ & =\frac{1-\frac{1}{3}}{1-\frac{1}{5}}=\frac{\frac{2}{3}}{\frac{3}{5}}=\frac{5}{6} \\ \mathrm{P}\left(\mathrm{B}^{\prime} / \mathrm{A}^{\prime}\right) & =\frac{\mathrm{P}\left(\mathrm{A}^{\prime} \cap \mathrm{B}^{\prime}\right)}{\mathrm{P}\left(\mathrm{A}^{\prime}\right)} \\ & =\frac{1-\mathrm{P}(\mathrm{A} \cup \mathrm{B})}{1-\mathrm{P}(\mathrm{A})} \\ & =\frac{\frac{2}{3}}{1-\frac{1}{3}}=\frac{\frac{2}{3}}{\frac{2}{3}}=1 \\ \mathrm{P}\left(\mathrm{A}^{\prime} / \mathrm{B}^{\prime}\right) & +\mathrm{P}\left(\mathrm{B}^{\prime} / \mathrm{A}^{\prime}\right)=\frac{5}{6}+1=\frac{11}{6}\end{aligned}$

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