Statistics: Informed Decisions Using Data (4th Edition)

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Chapter 5 - Section 5.1 - Assess Your Understanding - Vocabulary and Skill Building - Page 265: 17

Answer

Bob has supposed that the experiment has equally likely outcomes, but it does not.

Work Step by Step

Bob’s reasoning: $P(2)=P(3)=P(4)=P(5)=P(6)=P(7)=P(8)=P(9)=P(10)=P(11)=P(12)$ The correct reasoning: $P(7)\gt P(8)=P(6)\gt P(9)=P(5)\gt P(10)=P(4)\gt P(11)=P(3)\gt P(12)=P(2)$
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