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: 12.5c

Answer

$S = \{0000-9999\}$

Work Step by Step

The sample space of a random phenomenon is the set of all possible outcomes. Each of the last four digits of a Social Security Number can be any digit 0-9, therefore the range from $0000$ to $9999$ contains all possible combinations of the last four digits.
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