Introduction to Probability · Problem 4.1.37

Conditional Probability — Grinstead & Snell

Mathematics — Probability · joint-distribution-min-max

Problem

Given that

P(X = a) = r

P(\max(X, Y) = a) = s

, and

P(\min(X, Y) = a) = t

, show that you can determine

u = P(Y = a)

in terms of

r

s

, and

t