Suppose that E and F are mutually exclusive events of an

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Problem 76P

Suppose that E and F are mutually exclusive events of an experiment. Show that if independent trials of this experiment are performed, then E will occur before F with probability P(E)/[P(E) + P(F)].

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QUESTION:

Problem 76P

Suppose that E and F are mutually exclusive events of an experiment. Show that if independent trials of this experiment are performed, then E will occur before F with probability P(E)/[P(E) + P(F)].

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It is given that E and F are two mutually exclusive events of an experiment and the trials are independent.

Using this we need to show that event e occurs before event F with probability

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