In a three-way race for the U.S. Senate, polls indicate that the two leading candidates are running neck-and-neck, while the third candidate is receiving half the support of either of the others. Registered voters are chosen at random and asked which of the three will get their vote. Describe an appropriate sample space for this random survey experiment and assign acceptable probabilities to the simple events.

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Chapter9: Sequences, Probability And Counting Theory
Section9.7: Probability
Problem 4SE: What is the difference between events and outcomes? Give an example of both using the sample space...
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In a three-way race for the U.S. Senate, polls indicate that the two leading candidates are running neck-and-neck, while the third candidate is receiving half the support of either of the others. Registered voters are chosen at random and asked which of the three will get their vote. Describe an appropriate sample space for this random survey experiment and assign acceptable probabilities to the simple events.

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