Two baseball teams, A and B, have the same capacity and play a series of four games against each other. The result of each game is recorded a. Establish the sample space by the method of sample points and also by the method of combinatorial analysis. b. Let A be the event that team A wins exactly three times. Specify the sample points of A and determine P(A). c. Find the probability that team A will win exactly three times if team A is known to win at least two games.

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1. Two baseball teams, A and B, have the same capacity and play a series of four games against each other. The result of each game is recorded

a. Establish the sample space by the method of sample points and also by the method of combinatorial analysis.

b. Let A be the event that team A wins exactly three times. Specify the sample points of A and determine P(A).

c. Find the probability that team A will win exactly three times if team A is known to win at least two games. 

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