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1.4 Exercise 3

Avg difficulty 2.5

Consider fifteen-word messages in English. Let A=A = the set of such messages which contain the word “bank” and let B=B = the set of messages which contain the word “bank” and the word “credit.” Which event has the greater probability? Why?

Pfeiffer, Applied Probability, 1.4 Problems on Probability Systems, exercise 3

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