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JEE Mains · Maths · STD 12 - 13. probability

Let \(A, B\) and \(C\)  be three events, which are pair-wise independence and \(\bar E\)  denotes the complement of an event \(E\) . If \(P(A \cap B \cap C) = 0\)  and  \(P(C) > 0,\) then \(P[(\bar A \cap \bar B)|\,C]\) is equal to

  1. A \(P(A)\, + \,P(\bar B)\)
  2. B \(P(\bar A)\, - P(\bar B)\)
  3. C \(P(\bar A)\, - P(B)\)
  4. D \(P(\bar A)\, + P(\bar B)\)
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(C) \(P(\bar A)\, - P(B)\)

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\({\rm{ Here, P}}(\bar A \cap \bar B|{\rm{C}}) = \frac{{P(\bar A \cap \bar B \cap C)}}{{P\left( C \right)}}.\) \( = \frac{{P(C) - P(A \cap C - P(B \cap C) + P(A \cap B \cap C))}}{{P(C)}}\) \(=1-\frac{P(A) \cdot P(C)+P(B) \cdot P(C)}{P(C)} \) \((\because P(A \cap B \cap C)=0)\)…
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