28. Which Key Fits? A key ring contains four office keys that are identical in appearance, but...

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28. Which Key Fits? A key ring contains four office keys that are identical in appearance, but only one will open your office door. Suppose you randomly select one key and try it. If it does not fit, you randomly select one of the three remaining keys. If that key does not fit, you randomly select one of the last two. Each different sequence that could occur in selecting the keys represents a set of equally likely simple events.

a. List the simple events in S and assign probabilities to the simple events.

b. Let x equal the number of keys that you try before you find the one that opens the door (x51, 2, 3, 4).

Then assign the appropriate value of x to each simple event.

c. Calculate the values of p(x) and display them in a table.

d. Construct a probability histogram for p(x).

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Introduction To Probability And Statistics

ISBN: 9780357114469

15th Edition

Authors: William Mendenhall Iii , Robert Beaver , Barbara Beaver

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