#1822 · Probability · Conditional probability
Agreement of Inaccurate Arithmeticians
and are two inaccurate arithmeticians whose chance of solving a given question correctly are and respectively; if they obtain the same result, and if it is to against their making the same mistake, find the chance that the result is correct.
H. S. Hall & S. R. Knight, Higher Algebra (1891) · Ch. XXXII. Probability, Examples XXXII.d, No. 18
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Checked against the answer in H. S. Hall & S. R. Knight, Higher Algebra (1891).