Answer to Question #369 in Statistics and Probability for Jerry

Question

Consider A, B and C to be an events. What is the sense of the following equations:
a) ABC = A;
b) A+B+C = A?

Answer 1

a) ABC = A - The simultaneous occurrence of the events A, B and C is equivalent to the event A.
b) A+B+C = A - The occurrence of at least one of the events A, B or C is equivalent to the event A.