Chapter 10.1, Problem 5E

To determine

To calculate:

Number of possible outcomes in the sample space for the given event.

Answer to Problem 5E

Number of possible outcomes in the sample space for the given event is $12$ .

Explanation of Solution

Given information:

Event: A bag contains four red cards numbered $1$ through $4$ , four white cards numbered $1$ through $4$ , and four black cards numbered $1$ through $4$ .

The question is related to the number of possible outcomes.

The random experiment that is considered is that a card is drowned at random from a bag with the assigned composition of the cards of the different colors.

The total number cases is given as,

  $4+4+4=12$

The cases are as given as,

  $\left\{\left(R1\right),\left(R2\right),\left(R3\right),\left(W1\right),\mathrm{...},\left(B3\right),\left(B4\right)\right\}$