There are 9 blue marbles, 4 green marbles, 6 white marbles, 1 red marble, and 8 yellow marbles to choose from. What is the sample space?
A. 28^P28
B. 28^C28
C. 28
D. 1,728

Question

There are 9 blue marbles, 4 green marbles, 6 white marbles, 1 red marble, and 8 yellow marbles to choose from. What is the sample space?
	A.	28^P28
	B.	28^C28
	C.	28
	D.	1,728

anonymous · Answer

@texaschic101  please help me

anonymous · Answer

@jim_thompson5910

texaschic101 · Answer

I am not 100% sure. but I think the sample space is 28

anonymous · Answer

@texaschic101 I think the sample space is the set of all possible outcomes; 28 is the sample size...

anonymous · Answer

so would 28 be our answer?

anonymous · Answer

I had thought the sample space would be the colors of the marbles; literally {blue, green, white, red, yellow} but that's not an option.... :/

zarkon · Answer

what is the experiment?

anonymous · Answer

There are 9 blue marbles, 4 green marbles, 6 white marbles, 1 red marble, and 8 yellow marbles to choose from. What is the sample space?
	A.	28^P28
	B.	28^C28
	C.	28
	D.	1,728

Im not sure how to find my answer, i wanna be sure, so next time i run into a problem like this, i know what to do

anonymous · Answer

not saying any of you are wrong, just wanna be sure:)

zarkon · Answer

the sample space is set of all possible outcomes from a probability experiment.  If you don't have an experiment you don't have a sample space

anonymous · Answer

so basically that would make 28 our answer than correct?

zarkon · Answer

I'd ask whomever wrote the question to clarify what the experiment is

texaschic101 · Answer

I just figured that there were 28 marbles, so the sample space is 28. But I am not sure

zarkon · Answer

are you just selecting one?

zarkon · Answer

if so that should be in the question

anonymous · Answer

im selecting 28 as my answer. is that correct?

zarkon · Answer

none of those are the sample space...those are just numbers...aren't you picking colored marbles?

zarkon · Answer

one of those might be the size of the sample space (if you actually had an experiment)

anonymous · Answer

this is all it gives me:

There are 9 blue marbles, 4 green marbles, 6 white marbles, 1 red marble, and 8 yellow marbles to choose from. What is the sample space?
	A.	28^P28
	B.	28^C28
	C.	28
	D.	1,728

zarkon · Answer

then the person that wrote it doesn't know what they are talking about

anonymous · Answer

my school lol, thats why I posted it, cause I dont get it lol

zarkon · Answer

you shouldn't ...since it makes no sence

zarkon · Answer

if you picked a marble at random then the sample space would consist of colored marbles (not numbers)...since marbles are what you are picking