1. Express the probability of region $B$ only in terms of $b$.
Since A and B are independent, P(A∩B)=P(A)P(B)=0.3b.
Since A and C are mutually exclusive, P(A∩C)=0.
The probability of the region ’only B’ in the Venn diagram is:
P(B∩A′∩C′)=P(B)−P(A∩B)−P(B∩C)
=b−0.3b−0.15=0.7b−0.15
2. Find the lower bound for $b$ by setting $P(B \text{ only}) \ge 0$.
Since all probabilities must be non-negative, P(B∩A′∩C′)≥0:
0.7b−0.15≥0⟹0.7b≥0.15⟹b≥0.70.15=7015=143
3. Use the sum of all Venn diagram regions to find the upper bound for $b$.
The sum of probabilities for all mutually exclusive regions in the Venn diagram is 1:
P(A only)+P(A∩B)+P(B only)+P(B∩C)+P(C only)+P(A′∩B′∩C′)=1
(0.3−0.3b)+0.3b+(0.7b−0.15)+0.15+P(C only)+0.2=1
0.5+0.7b+P(C only)=1⟹P(C only)=0.5−0.7b
Since P(C only)≥0:
0.5−0.7b≥0⟹0.7b≤0.5⟹b≤75
4. Combine the bounds to find the range of values for $P(A \cap B)$.
We established that 143≤b≤75.
Since P(A∩B)=0.3b=103b, we multiply the inequality by 103:
103×143≤P(A∩B)≤103×75
1409≤P(A∩B)≤143
答案1409≤P(A∩B)≤143