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.

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.

A First Course in Probability (10th Edition)

10th Edition

ISBN:9780134753119

Author:Sheldon Ross

Publisher:Sheldon Ross

Chapter1: Combinatorial Analysis

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 1.1P: a. How many different 7-place license plates are possible if the first 2 places are for letters and...

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