JEE Advanced 2012 Mathematics question

MathematicsProbabilityJEE Advanced 2012

A ship is fitted with three engines , and . The engines function independently of each other with respective probabilities , and . For the ship to be operational at least two of its engines must function. Let X denote the event that the ship is operational and let , and denote respectively the events that the engines , and are functioning. Which of the following is (are) true ?

Answer: (B),(D)

Solution

Exactly two working: : ; : ; : ; total . All three: . So . (A) $|X) = = Missing argument for \dfrac\dfrac18

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Question ID VK-026056