Well it can be written simply as A+B+a+b=1
where A=probability of A
B=prob of B
a=neither
and b=both
the both can be written also as the probability of A x prob of b
ie. b=AB
therefore
A+B+a+AB=1
A(1+B)=1-B-a
A=(1-B-a)/(1+B) which is almost what you had in the question but i think this should be the answer
3. The probability of the dice can be written as follows;
1=x
2=x
3=x
4=2x
5=x
6=4x
therefore
10x=1
x=0.1
and therefore as the even numbers add up to 7x the prob is 0.7
Hope that helps
Chris |