You decide to take a science course, an English course, and a mathematics course during the next

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You decide to take a science course, an English course, and a mathematics course during the next term. The available courses that you can take are listed below.

Mathematics Science English Composition Algebra Biology Geology Physics Statistics Literature Oceanography

If the courses are selected at random,

(a) Determine the number of sample points in the sample space. 

(b) Construct a tree diagram and determine the sample space. 

Determine the probability that

(c) Physics is selected.

(d) Geology and literature are selected.

(e) Oceanography is not selected.


Use the counting principle to determine the answer to part (a). Assume that each event is equally likely to occur.

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A Survey of Mathematics with Applications

ISBN: 978-0134112107

10th edition

Authors: Allen R. Angel, Christine D. Abbott, Dennis Runde

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