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A, B and C are all running in a race. Probability that A wins is twice of B's and probability that B wins is twice Cs..

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A, B and C are all running in a race. Probability that A wins is twice of B's and probability that B wins is twice Cs. Find the probability of winning of A.

posted Feb 4, 2019 by anonymous

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4/7


Let Pa, Pb and Pc be the probability of them respectively. We have then:
Pa=2Pb
Pb=2Pc
If Pc=P, then Pa=4P and Pb=2P
P+2P+4P=1 => P=1/7
Pa=4*1/7=4/7

answer Feb 4, 2019 by Hanifa Mammadov



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