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TAZINC
Nov 26, 2011, 11:01 AM
Three friends (A, B, and C) will participate in a round-robin tournament in which each one plays both of the others. Suppose that P(A beats B) = 0.7, P(A beats C) = 0.6, P(B beats C) = 0.9, and that the outcomes of the three matches are independent of one another.
(a) What is the probability that A wins both her matches and that B beats C?


(b) What is the probability that A wins both her matches?




(c) What is the probability that A loses both her matches?




(d) What is the probability that each person wins one match? (Hint: There are two different ways for this to happen.)

Kukunamun
Nov 28, 2011, 09:37 AM
(a) 0.7333...

(b) 6.5

(c) 3.5

(d) 0.6333... or 0.3333... (and there's way more)