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Exercise 12.5 · Q4

Q.If AA and BB are any two events, then the probability that exactly one of them occurs is

(1) P(A∪Bˉ)+P(Aˉ∪B)P(A\cup \bar B) + P(\bar A\cup B)
(2) P(A∩Bˉ)+P(Aˉ∩B)P(A\cap \bar B) + P(\bar A\cap B)
(3) P(A)+P(B)−P(A∩B)P(A) + P(B) - P(A\cap B)
(4) P(A)+P(B)+2P(A∩B)P(A) + P(B) + 2P(A\cap B)
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Step 1. What 'exactly one occurs' means. Exactly one of A,BA,B occurs exactly when either AA occurs and BB does not (A∩BˉA\cap\bar B), OR BB occurs and AA does not (Aˉ∩B\bar A\cap B) -- and these two cases are mutually exclusive.

Step 2. Add the two mutually exclusive probabilities. P(exactly one)=P(A∩Bˉ)+P(Aˉ∩B)P(\text{exactly one})=P(A\cap\bar B)+P(\bar A\cap B). …

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