Edexcel S1 — Question 3

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModuleS1 (Statistics 1)
TopicIndependent Events
TypeFind unknown probability given independence

3. The events \(A\) and \(B\) are such that $$\mathrm { P } ( A ) = 0.2 \text { and } \mathrm { P } ( A \cup B ) = 0.6$$ Find
  1. \(\mathrm { P } \left( A ^ { \prime } \cap B ^ { \prime } \right)\),
  2. \(\quad \mathrm { P } \left( A ^ { \prime } \cap B \right)\). Given also that events \(A\) and \(B\) are independent, find
  3. \(\mathrm { P } ( B )\),
  4. \(\mathrm { P } \left( A ^ { \prime } \cup B ^ { \prime } \right)\).