At an electronics store, three types of tablets are sold. Company A's tablet is twice as likely to be sold as Company B's tablet. The sale of Company B's tablets and Company C's tablets are equally likely. Each tablet sale is independent of every other tablet sale. If you monitor the sale of two tablets, what is the likelihood that the two tablets sold are different?

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Section11.8: Probabilities Of Disjoint And Overlapping Events
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At an electronics store, three types of tablets are sold. Company A's tablet is twice as likely to be sold as Company B's tablet. The sale of Company B's tablets and Company C's tablets are equally likely. Each tablet sale is independent of every other tablet sale. If you monitor the sale of two tablets, what is the likelihood that the two tablets sold are different?

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