A student appears in the examinations of four subjects B, C, P and M. Suppose that the probabilities of the student clearing examinations in these subjects are $\frac12; \frac13; \frac14$ and $\frac15$, respectively. Assuming that the performances of the student in four subjects are independent, find the following probabilities
clear all subjects
clear no subject
clear exactly one subject
clear exactly two subjects
clear atleast one subject
My try:
Let B, C, P and M denote the events that student clears the respective subjects
The required probability is $P(BCPM) = P(B)\cdot P(C)\cdot P(P)\cdot P(M) = \frac1{120}$ using independence
The required probability is $P(B^CC^CP^CM^C) = P(B^C)\cdot P(C^C)\cdot P(P^C)\cdot P(M^C)$ which can be calculated from given data
The required probability is $P(B^CCPM)+P(BC^CPM)+P(BCP^CM)+P(BCPM^C)$ which can again be computed easily using independence
The required probability is $P(B^CC^CPM)+P(B^CCP^CM)+P(BC^CP^CM)+P(B^CCPM^C)+P(BC^CPM^C)+P(BCP^CM^C)$ This will take time to compute, is there a different way to do this part?
The required probability is $1- P(\text{clear no subject})$ which can be computed using 2.
Is this correct?