Three students A, B and C can respectively solve 50%, 25% and 20% of the problems in a book. A particular problem is selected at random from the book. The probability that at least one of them will solve the problem is
Three students A, B and C can respectively solve 50%, 25% and 20% of the problems in a book. A particular problem is selected at random from the book. The probability that at least one of them will solve the problem is
Solution
Student A can solve 50% of problems, so P(A solves) =
Student B can solve 25% of problems, so P(B solves) =
Student C can solve 20% of problems, so P(C solves) =
To find the probability that at least one of them solves the problem, use the complement approach:
P(at least one solves) = 1 − P(none solve)
The probability that each student fails to solve the problem:
P(A fails) =
P(B fails) =
P(C fails) =
Since the students work independently:
P(all fail) = P(A fails) × P(B fails) × P(C fails)
P(at least one solves) =
Therefore, the probability that at least one of them will solve the problem is .
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