Introductory Statistics 9th Edition

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Chapter 4 - Section 4.1 - Experiment, Outcome, and Sample Space - Exercises - Page 133: 4.7

Answer

Let us denote a person who is in favor of a tax increase by Y, and a person who is against a tax increase by N, and three persons that are randomly selected as A, B and C respectively. This experiment has eight outcomes, YYY, YYN, YNY, YNN, NYY, NYN, NNY, NNN. The sample space is written as Simple space = {YYY, YYN, YNY, YNN, NYY, NYN, NNY, NNN}

Work Step by Step

The sample space represents all possible outcomes.
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