Homework Help: math

Posted by walls on Friday, March 19, 2010 at 3:23pm.

suppose that an experiment has four possible outcomes. a,b,c and d. if p(a)= p(b)= p(c) and p(d)= 2p(a) what is the probabilty of each event

math - PsyDAG, Friday, March 19, 2010 at 6:23pm
If p(a)= p(b)= p(c) and p(d)= 2p(a), then
5p(a) = 1.

You should be able to take it from there.

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