Suppose that three business executives (call them Abby, Bernice, and Caitlin) drop their cell phones in an
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Suppose that three business executives (call them Abby, Bernice, and Caitlin) drop their cell phones in an elevator and then pick them up at random.
a. Write out the sample space of all possible outcomes. (For example, let ACB mean that Abby gets her own phone, but Bernice and Caitlin’s phones are swapped.)
b. List the outcomes that comprise the event that nobody gets the correct phone.
c. Report the probability that nobody gets the correct phone.
d. Write a sentence interpreting what this probability means.
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Introduction To Statistical Investigations
ISBN: 9781119683452
2nd Edition
Authors: Beth L.Chance, George W.Cobb, Allan J.Rossman Nathan Tintle, Todd Swanson Soma Roy
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