Suppose that a sample space has five outcomes { 1, 2, 3, 4, 5}{O1,02,03,04,05} with corresponding weights w1 18w1%3D18, W23D14W2=D14, w33516Ww33516, and w4=116.W43D116. Answer the following questions:

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Suppose that a sample space has five outcomes { 1, 2, 3, 4, 5}{O1,02,03,04,05} with
corresponding weights w1 18w1%3D18, W23D14W2=D14, w33516Ww33516, and w4=116.W43D116. Answer
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Transcribed Image Text:Suppose that a sample space has five outcomes { 1, 2, 3, 4, 5}{O1,02,03,04,05} with corresponding weights w1 18w1%3D18, W23D14W2=D14, w33516Ww33516, and w4=116.W43D116. Answer the following questions:
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Keep in mind that when we are talking sample space and their corresponding weights, we are talking about probabilities and not whole numbers.

Here, I am correcting the values of the respective weights.

w1 =1/8, w2=1/4, w3=5/16, w4=1/16.

We have a sample space of {1,2,3,4,5}.

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