A special deck of cards has ten cards. Four are green, three are blue, and three are red. When a card is picked, its color of it is recorded. An experiment consists of first picking a card and then tossing a coin.

a. List the sample space.

b. Let A be the event that a blue card is picked first, followed by landing a head on the coin toss. Find PA.

c. Let B be the event that a red or green is picked, followed by landing a head on the coin toss. Are the events A and B mutually exclusive? Explain your answer in one to three complete sentences, including numerical justification.

d. Let C be the event that a red or blue is picked, followed by landing a head on the coin toss. Are the events A and Cmutually exclusive? Explain your answer in one to three complete sentences, including numerical justification.

Short Answer

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(a)

S=(Green,H),(Blue,H),(Red,H)(Green,T),(Blue,T),(Red,T)

(b) PA=0.15

(c) The eventsA and B are mutually exclusive.

(d)The eventsA andB are not mutually exclusive.

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Given information (part a)

A special deck of cards has ten cards. Four are green, three are blue, and three are red. When a card is picked, its color of it is recorded. An experiment consists of first picking a card and then tossing a coin.

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Explanation (part a)

The experiment consists of first picking a card and then tossing a coin. Sample space consists of all the possible outcomes.

S=(Green,H),(Blue,H),(Red,H)(Green,T),(Blue,T),(Red,T)

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Given information (part b)

A special deck of cards has ten cards. Four are green, three are blue, and three are red. When a card is picked, its color of it is recorded. An experiment consists of first picking a card and then tossing a coin.

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Explanation (part b)

The total number of possible outcomes=6

Let A be that a blue card is picked first, followed by a head-on the coin toss is calculated as

PA=310×12PA=320PA=0.15

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Given information (part c)

A special deck of cards has ten cards. Four are green, three are blue, and three are red. When a card is picked, its color of it is recorded. An experiment consists of first picking a card and then tossing a coin.

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Explanation (part c)

Let A be that a blue card is picked first, followed by a head-on coin toss.

LetB be the event that a red or green is picked, followed by a head on the coin toss. We observe that is not a common outcome in events A and B. Thus, events A and B are mutually exclusive.

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Given information (part d)

A special deck of cards has ten cards. Four are green, three are blue, and three are red. When a card is picked, its color of it is recorded. An experiment consists of first picking a card and then tossing a coin.

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Explanation (part d)

Let A be that a blue card is picked first, followed by a head-on coin toss.

Let C be the event that a red or blue is picked, followed by a head on the coin toss. We observe that there are few common outcomes in events A andC. Thus, events A and C are not mutually exclusive.

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