Starting at a particular time, each car entering an intersection is observed to see whether it turns left (L) or right (R) or goes straight ahead (S). The experiment terminates as soon as a car is observed to go straight. Suppose that the random variable y denotes the number of cars observed. (a) What are possible y-values? O all positive whole numbers O all real numbers greater than 1 O all whole numbers greater than 1 O all positive real numbers O all integers (b) List five different outcomes and their associated y-values. Outcome Value of y LLRLLS RRS RS LRRLS

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Starting at a particular time, each car entering an intersection is observed to see whether it turns left (L) or right (R) or goes straight ahead (S). The experiment terminates as soon as a
car is observed to go straight. Suppose that the random variable y denotes the number of cars observed.
(a) What are possible y-values?
all positive whole numbers
O all real numbers greater than 1
O all whole numbers greater than 1
O all positive real numbers
O all integers
(b) List five different outcomes and their associated y-values.
Outcome
Value of y
LLRLLS
RRS
S.
RS
LRRLS
Transcribed Image Text:Starting at a particular time, each car entering an intersection is observed to see whether it turns left (L) or right (R) or goes straight ahead (S). The experiment terminates as soon as a car is observed to go straight. Suppose that the random variable y denotes the number of cars observed. (a) What are possible y-values? all positive whole numbers O all real numbers greater than 1 O all whole numbers greater than 1 O all positive real numbers O all integers (b) List five different outcomes and their associated y-values. Outcome Value of y LLRLLS RRS S. RS LRRLS
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