Introductory Statistics

1st Edition

ISBN: 9781938168208

Author: Barbara Illowsky, Susan Dean

Publisher: OpenStax College

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Chapter 3, Problem 4P

Use (he following information to answer the next four exercises. A box Is filled with several party favors. It contains 12

hats, 15 noisemakers, ten finger traps, and five bags of confetti.

Let H: the event of getting a hat.

Let N = the event of getting a noisemaker.

Let F = the event of getting a finger trap.

Let C = the event of getting a bag of confetti.

4. Find P(F)

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