Question 1100599: A sample of 3 transistors taken from a local electronics store was examined to determine whether the transistors were defective (d) or non-defective (n). What is an appropriate sample space for this experiment?
Answer by Theo(13342)   (Show Source):
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you have 3 transistors and test test to see which ones are defective.
they are either defective (d) or non-defective (n)
your sample space is the set of all possible outcomes of the test.
for this test, the set of all possible outcomes would be:
ddd
ddn
dnd
dnn
ndd
ndn
nnd
nnn
since each transistor can have 2 states (defective or non-defective), and there are 3 transistors, then the number of possible outcomes would be 2*2*2 = 8.
if there were only 2 transistors, then the number of possible outcomes would be 2*2 = 4 and the set of all possible outcomes would be:
dd
dn
nd
nn
if there were only one transistor, then the number of possible outcomes would be 2 and the set of all possible outcomes would be:
d
n
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