An experiment has the following outcomes and probabilities I
An experiment has the following outcomes and probabilities:
It is known that P(e4) is four time larger than P(e5). Find p4 and p5.
| e1 | e2 | e3 | e4 | e5 | 
| .12 | .24 | .49 | p4 | p5 | 
Solution
we know that sum of all probabilities should be 1.
so .12+.24+.49+P(e4)+P(e5)=1
Given that P(e4)=4*P(e5)
so 5*P(e5)=.15 so P(e5)=.03 and P(e4)=.12

