Question: It can be shown that for any three events (A, B), and (C), the probability that at least one of them will occur is given

It can be shown that for any three events \(A, B\), and \(C\), the probability that at least one of them will occur is given by
\[\begin{aligned}
P(A \cup B \cup C)= & P(A)+P(B)+P(C) \\
& -P(A \cap B)-P(A \cap C) \\
& -P(B \cap C)+P(A \cap B \cap C)
\end{aligned}\]
Verify that this formula holds for the probabilities of Figure 3.13.

A B 0.24 0.06 0.19 0.04 0.16 0.11 0.09 0.11 C S

A B 0.24 0.06 0.19 0.04 0.16 0.11 0.09 0.11 C S Figure 3.13 Diagram for Exercise 3.49

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