Elementary Technical Mathematics

Published by Brooks Cole
ISBN 10: 1285199197
ISBN 13: 978-1-28519-919-1

Chapter 15 - Section 15.13 - Probability - Exercise - Page 541: 6

Answer

[1 and 2, 1 and 3, 1 and 4, 1 and 5, 1 and 6, 1 and 7, 2 and 3, 2 and 4, 2 and 5, 2 and 6, 2 and 7, 3 and 4, 3 and 5, 3 and 6, 3 and 7, 4 and 5, 4 and 6, 4 and 7, 5 and 6, 5 and 7, 6 and 7]

Work Step by Step

There are $7$ pieces of paper, and $2$ are taken at a time. So the sample space would be : [1 and 2, 1 and 3, 1 and 4, 1 and 5, 1 and 6, 1 and 7, 2 and 3, 2 and 4, 2 and 5, 2 and 6, 2 and 7, 3 and 4, 3 and 5, 3 and 6, 3 and 7, 4 and 5, 4 and 6, 4 and 7, 5 and 6, 5 and 7, 6 and 7] As these are the possible combinations at which the papers could be pulled out.
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