The Basic Practice of Statistics 7th Edition

Published by W. H. Freeman
ISBN 10: 146414253X
ISBN 13: 978-1-46414-253-6

Chapter 12 - Introducing Probability - Apply Your Knowledge - Page 283: 12.5b

Answer

$S = \{N, N = all\ natural\ numbers\}$

Work Step by Step

The sample space of a random phenomenon is the set of all possible outcomes. While it may seem reasonable to say that the range of age possibilities is 18-22, there will be outliers, where students attend college at a younger age, or at a much older age. To account for these outliers, it is safer to assume that there is a possibility that someone of any age could be in the class.
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