Statistics (12th Edition)

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Chapter 3 - Probability - Exercises 3.1 - 3.34 - Applying the Concepts - Advanced - Page 123: 3.32

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Let Navy Blue = N and Black B So the sample points will be: NNBB, NBNB, NBBN, BNBN, BNNB, BBNN For correct pairing pairs should be: NNBB, BBNN So P(Correct combination) = 2/6 = 0.333 And P(Incorrect Combination) = 4/6 = 0.667 So the husband is wrong

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