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If two events A and B are such that `"P"(bar"A") = 3/10` and `"P"("A" ∩ bar"B") = 1/2` then P(A ∩ B) is
Options
`1/2`
`1/3`
`1/4`
`1/5`
Solution
`1/5`
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