Let S = A1 A2 Am, where events A1, A2, ... , Am are mutually exclusive and exhaustive

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Let S = A1 A2 Am, where events A1, A2, ... , Am are mutually exclusive and exhaustive. (a) If P(A1) = P(A2) = = P(Am), show that P(Ai) = 1/m, i = 1, 2, ... , m. (b) If A = A1 A2 Ah, where h < m, and (a) holds, prove that P(A) = h/m.

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QUESTION:

Let S = A1 A2 Am, where events A1, A2, ... , Am are mutually exclusive and exhaustive. (a) If P(A1) = P(A2) = = P(Am), show that P(Ai) = 1/m, i = 1, 2, ... , m. (b) If A = A1 A2 Ah, where h < m, and (a) holds, prove that P(A) = h/m.

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Give that  are  mutually exclusive events, that is, all the  events impossible to occur together,

And also the events are exhaustive that is there union forms the sample space

Probability of  is given by

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