SOLUTION: savita uses 2 buses to go to her office . the proability that the 1st bus is late is 0.2 and second bus is late is 0.3 . find the proability that a)both the buses are late b)bot

Question 824572: savita uses 2 buses to go to her office . the proability that the 1st bus is late is 0.2 and second bus is late is 0.3 . find the proability that
a)both the buses are late
b)both the buses are not late
c)the 1st bus is late but not the 2nd

Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
savita uses 2 buses to go to her office .
the proability that the 1st bus is late is 0.2
and second bus is late is 0.3 .
find the proability that
a)both the buses are late::0.2*0.3 = 0.06
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b)both the buses are not late:: 0.8*0.7 = 0.56
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c)the 1st bus is late but not the 2nd:: 0.2*0.7 = 0.14
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