document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1196655>Question 1196655</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A sequence of two different digits is randomly chosen from the digits 0-4; the first digit is larger than the second.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Describe the sample space S of the experiment. (Select all that apply.)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "40 41 42 43<BR>\n" );
document.write( "01 02 04 05<BR>\n" );
document.write( "01 02 03 04<BR>\n" );
document.write( "30 31 32 34<BR>\n" );
document.write( "20 21 23 24<BR>\n" );
document.write( "42 43 44 45<BR>\n" );
document.write( "11 22 33 44<BR>\n" );
document.write( "21 22 23 25<BR>\n" );
document.write( "10 12 13 14\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "List the elements of the given event. (Select all that apply.)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "10<BR>\n" );
document.write( "30 31 32<BR>\n" );
document.write( "20 21<BR>\n" );
document.write( "23 24<BR>\n" );
document.write( "30 32 34 43<BR>\n" );
document.write( "21<BR>\n" );
document.write( "12<BR>\n" );
document.write( "40 41 42 43 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "The wording of the problem is invalid; or, at best, extremely awkward.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "1st question....<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "\"A sequence of two different digits is randomly chosen from the digits 0-4; the first digit is larger than the second.\"<BR>\n" );
document.write( "\"Describe the sample space S of the experiment.\"<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "The sample space is DESCRIBED in the statement of the problem -- it is all ordered pairs of digits AB in which A and B are chosen from the digits 0 to 4, and A is greater than B.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "So the instruction to \"describe\" the sample space does not ask the student to do anything.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Presumably the intended question was to define precisely the sample space of the experiment.  That sample space contains 10 elements; you can't define the sample space of 10 elements exactly by looking at sets of 4 2-digit strings and \"selecting all that apply\".<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "2nd question....<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "\"List the elements of the given event. (Select all that apply.)\"<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "It is nonsensical to \"list\" the elements of the given event by selecting, from among lists of 2-digit numbers, ones that satisfy the conditions of the event.<br><BR>\n" );
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