document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=344603>Question 344603</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A retailer sells only 2 styles of stereos, and experience shows that these are in equal demand. 4 customers in sucession come into the store to order stereos. The retailer is interested in their preferences.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "a) List the possibilites for preference arrangements among the 4 customes<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b)assign proabablities to the sample points<BR>\n" );
document.write( "c) Let A denote the event that all 4 customers prefer the same style. Find P(A) </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Let the stereo styles be h and t<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "a) List the possibilites for preference arrangements among the 4 customes<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "b)assign proabablities to the sample points<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Each has probability 1/16<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "c) Let A denote the event that all 4 customers prefer the same style. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "Find P(A)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "P(A) = 2/16<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H. </SPAN>\n" );
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