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IIT-JEE 2007 · Paper 2, Mathematics question 47

Let EcE^c denote the complement of an event EE. Let E,F,GE,F,G be pairwise independent events with P(G)>0P(G)>0 and P(E∩F∩G)=0P(E\cap F\cap G)=0. Then P(Ec∩Fc∣G)P\left(E^c\cap F^c\mid G\right) equals

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Official answer: C

Complement rule.
P(Ec∩Fc∣G)=1−P(E∣G)−P(F∣G)+P(E∩F∣G).P(E^c\cap F^c\mid G)=1-P(E\mid G)-P(F\mid G)+P(E\cap F\mid G).

Use the hypotheses. Pairwise independence gives P(E∣G)=P(E)P(E\mid G)=P(E) and P(F∣G)=P(F)P(F\mid G)=P(F), and P(E∩F∩G)=0P(E\cap F\cap G)=0 makes the last term zero:
P(Ec∩Fc∣G)=1−P(E)−P(F)=P(Ec)−P(F).P(E^c\cap F^c\mid G)=1-P(E)-P(F)=P(E^c)-P(F).

(C)