Engineering
Mathematics
Conditional Probability
Question

The probability that exactly one of the independent events A and B occurs is equal to

P(A) + P(B) − 2P(A∩B)

P(A) + P(B) − P(A∩B)

P(A)+P(B)2P(AB)

None of the above

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P(AB)+P(BA)
= P(A) − P(A∩B) + P(B) − P(A∩B)
= P(A) + P(B) − 2P(A∩B)
Also
P(AB)+P(BA)
=1P(A)+1P(B)2{1P(AB)}
=1P(A)+1P(B)2{1P(A)P(B)+P(AB)}
=P(A)+P(B)P(AB)
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