## anonymous 3 years ago Probability of A winning the race is 4/5 and probabilty of B winning the race is 5/6. find the probability that neither wins...

1. anonymous

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2. anonymous

not possible @Yahoo! 1-4/5-5/6 is negative...

3. anonymous

i think the answer will be 0

4. anonymous

no cannot be....the event has occured....its not an impossible event...

5. anonymous

u see there are only two chances either A will win or B will

(1-4/5)(1-5/6)

7. anonymous

that can be one case but i nvr said that only A and B are playing.....

wait these are not mutually exclusive events

oh ok gotcha

10. anonymous

uhhh this is just one event right?

11. anonymous

yeah...event that neither wins...

12. anonymous

yahoo's solution should've been right...

13. anonymous

also this doesnt make sense... 4/5 + 5/6 = 49/30

14. anonymous

the total probability should be less or equal to 1

P(both winning) = 4/5 * 5/6 P(both not winning) = 1- 4/5 * 5/6

16. anonymous

draw a probability tree. Remember as we go along we multiply the values

17. anonymous

18. anonymous

what you did is probability that NOT both will win

19. anonymous

$P(A \; and \;B \;win) = P(A) \times P(B)$ subtract it from 1 I think..

oh im wrong again @lgbasallote :'(

21. anonymous

@waterineyes u just did what @rsadhvika did...

22. anonymous

there must be a silly trick to this :/

23. anonymous

Subtract them from 1 each and then add them..

24. anonymous

we're thinking too complex...we need to open our brains to the possibilities :/

25. anonymous

i really dont think this is one event

26. anonymous

could you post the whole question?/

27. anonymous

yup @lgbasallote there are more than one case to this problem

28. anonymous

hmm i knew it =_=

29. anonymous

this is the whole question @lgbasallote

30. anonymous

um, tried my solution?

31. anonymous

the probabilities dont add up to less than or equal to 1

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33. anonymous

i think what @rsadhvika first posted should work then...

34. anonymous

$P(nor\; A) = \frac{1}{5}$ $P(nor \; B) = \frac{1}{6}$ $P(Neither \; A \; nor \;B) = P(nor \; A) + P(nor \; B)$

35. anonymous

THINK SIMPLE! PROBABILITY TREE!

36. anonymous

Case I Probability A wont win is 1 - 4/5 = 1/5 Case II probability B wont win is 1 - 5/6 = 1/6 so the probability both wont win is 1/6 x 1/5 = 1/30

37. anonymous

uhh should it be +

38. anonymous

Sorry there will come multiplication..

39. anonymous

this is not the question: Solution: the first case is when only A and B are playing the second case is that there are other players

40. anonymous

uhh can you post the WHOLE question with all these cases?

41. anonymous

no paraphrasing...the exact one...

42. anonymous

I think we are making it complicated.. There is one and one case only..

43. anonymous

@lgbasallote my qestion is perfect....the above is the solution which i gave for two cases....we need to consider both the probabilities

44. anonymous

you're suddenly giving situations...so i think what you originally posted isnt the full question

45. anonymous

Case -1 1-P(A)-P(B) Case-2...possibility that there are other playersss p(A and B cannot winwin)=1-[4/5+5/6-4/5*5/6]

46. anonymous

4/5 -> A will win (B cannot win) 1/5 -> A will not win (B still can) 5/6 -> B will win 1/6 -> B will not win (Neither A or B wins) [What you want] If you take a look at my probability tree, you will see what I mean. Remember you multiply the values as you go along. So, YOUR ANSWER -> 1/6 * 1/5 = 1/30

47. anonymous

The example violates basic probability rules. If only one can win then P(A) + P(B) <= 1

48. anonymous

@telliott99, remember there are others in this 'race' or whatever it is.