A First Course in Probability (10th Edition)
A First Course in Probability (10th Edition)
10th Edition
ISBN: 9780134753119
Author: Sheldon Ross
Publisher: PEARSON
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Practice Exercises:
A. Determine the sample space S and the total number of possible outcomes n(S) for
each probability experiment.
Probability Experiment
Sample Space (S)
n(S)
1. To decide on which day to visit his
grandmother, Neil writes the seven days
of the week on equal pieces of paper and
picks one at random.
2. A bag has 5 pink balls, 1 black ball, 3
orange balls, and 8 yellow balls. A child
picks one ball at random.
3. There are 4 white books and 6 violet
blocks in a box. A block is picked at
random.
4. A class of 40 students was divided into
groups of 5. Draw lots system was
conducted in order for each group to
determine their group number.
5. A billiard player aims to hit and shoot
any one of the billiard balls in the billiard
table.
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Transcribed Image Text:Practice Exercises: A. Determine the sample space S and the total number of possible outcomes n(S) for each probability experiment. Probability Experiment Sample Space (S) n(S) 1. To decide on which day to visit his grandmother, Neil writes the seven days of the week on equal pieces of paper and picks one at random. 2. A bag has 5 pink balls, 1 black ball, 3 orange balls, and 8 yellow balls. A child picks one ball at random. 3. There are 4 white books and 6 violet blocks in a box. A block is picked at random. 4. A class of 40 students was divided into groups of 5. Draw lots system was conducted in order for each group to determine their group number. 5. A billiard player aims to hit and shoot any one of the billiard balls in the billiard table.
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