document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=977609>Question 977609</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> 1. Consider an experiment that consists of rolling a pair of dice. There are 36 possible<BR>\n" );
document.write( "outcomes for this experiment which are equally likely. What is the probability of getting a<BR>\n" );
document.write( "total of 3 or 5 for this experiment?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(a) 1 /3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(b) 20/36<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(c) 1/36<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(d) 1/6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(e) 1/2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2. A car dealer sells cars made by different auto manufacturers. Three of these<BR>\n" );
document.write( "manufacturers are Honda, Nissan, and Ford. Consider an experiment that consists of<BR>\n" );
document.write( "observing the make and model of the next car sold. The outcomes in the sample space<BR>\n" );
document.write( "would include simple events such as Nissan Altima and Ford Fusion. Suppose we define<BR>\n" );
document.write( "the events E1 = Honda, E2=Nissan, and E3=Ford. Note that E1 is not a simple event<BR>\n" );
document.write( "because there is more than one model of Honda sold (for example, Civic, Accord, and<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Insight). Based on several years of sales data, the probabilities of these events are<BR>\n" );
document.write( "estimated as P(E1) &#61501; 0.25, P(E2) &#61501; 0.18, and P(E3) &#61501; 0.14. Based on this data, what is<BR>\n" );
document.write( "the probability that the next car purchased is not made by one of these three<BR>\n" );
document.write( "manufacturers?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(a) 0.60<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(b) 0.57<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(c) 0.43<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(d) 0.53<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(e) 0.32<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "3. A bookstore sells two types of books (fiction and nonfiction) in several formats<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(hardcover, paperback, digital, and audio). Consider an experiment that consists of<BR>\n" );
document.write( "observing the type and format of a single book purchase, two possible outcomes are a<BR>\n" );
document.write( "hardcover fiction book and an audio fiction book. The number of all outcomes the<BR>\n" );
document.write( "sample space would include is:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(a) 4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(b) 16<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(c) 32<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(d) 8<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(e) 12 </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #599165 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Fombitz><B>Fombitz(32388)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Fombitz><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=Fombitz><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=599165\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Rolling a three,<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Rolling a five,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(5,1) (5,2) (5,3) (5,4) (5,5) (5,6)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "There are 12 possible outcomes.<BR>\n" );
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