randomly asked three old women if they have ever used Tide powder at least once in washing their clothing. Each woman can answer the question with a yes (Y) or no (N). Let X be the number of women

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A boy randomly asked three old women if they have ever used Tide powder at least once in washing their clothing. Each woman can answer the question with a yes (Y) or no (N). Let X be the number of women who answered yes to the question. a. List the sample space (Ω) corresponding to this experiment. b. Show that X is a random variable. Provide a detailed and complete solution. HINT: Use the power set of Ω as the trivial σ-algebra.
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