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Suppose that E and F are mutually exclusive events of an
Chapter 3, Problem 76P(choose chapter or problem)
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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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)].
ANSWER:
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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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