SOLUTION: I am having trouble with this assignment. 24. A New Computer You visit Computer City to purchase a new computer system. You are going to purchase a computer, printer, and m

Question 442568: I am having trouble with this assignment.
24. A New Computer You visit Computer City to purchase a new computer system. You are going to purchase a computer, printer, and monitor from among the following brands.-
Computer Printer Monitor
Compaq Hewlett-Packard Omega
IBM Epson Toshiba
Gateway
Dell

� a) Determine the number of points in the sample space.
� b) Construct a tree diagram and determine the sample space. Determine the probability of selecting
� c) a Gateway computer.
� d) a Hewlett-Packard printer.
� e) a Gateway computer and a Hewlett-Packard printer.
Thank you in advance for your help.

Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
A New Computer You visit Computer City to purchase a new computer system. You are going to purchase a computer, printer, and monitor from among the following brands.-
Computer Printer Monitor
Compaq Hewlett-Packard Omega
IBM Epson Toshiba
Gateway
Dell

� a) Determine the number of points in the sample space.::4*2*2 = 16
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� b) Construct a tree diagram and determine the sample space.
List the 2 printer options after each computer option
List the 2 monitor options after each printer option
That should give you 16 branches on a tree with 4 roots.
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Determine the probability of selecting
� c) a Gateway computer.:: 4/16
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� d) a Hewlett-Packard printer.::8/16
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� e) a Gateway computer and a Hewlett-Packard printer::2/16
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Cheers,
Stan H.

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