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OpenStudy (anonymous):

Please need help with this problem been struggling on it

OpenStudy (anonymous):

what seems to be the problem?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

what is the question

OpenStudy (anonymous):

i cant see the whole picture

OpenStudy (anonymous):

OpenStudy (freckles):

what elements are in all three sets?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

answers 1. 4/25 2. 2/25 3. 1/25 4. 3/25

OpenStudy (anonymous):

@freckles 2

OpenStudy (freckles):

so AnBnC=2 but I don't know how to figure out P(2) without anything else given

OpenStudy (anonymous):

@freckles me either

OpenStudy (anonymous):

@freckles im confused

OpenStudy (freckles):

so there is nothing else given besides the picture you posted right?

OpenStudy (freckles):

I don't get 9 why is 9 inside A and also outside of A? that is kinda weird

OpenStudy (freckles):

@mathslover or @Directrix opinions on this question?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

@freckles nope nothing else just the answers i posted also

OpenStudy (freckles):

so the only numbers shown here are {2,4,5,6,7,8,9} that is 7 numbers I would think since 2 occurs once of these 7 numbers P(2)=1/7

OpenStudy (freckles):

and like P(9)=2/7 and so on...

OpenStudy (freckles):

but 1/7 isn't an option

OpenStudy (anonymous):

@freckles thats why im stuk just doesnt make sense unless im missing something

mathslover (mathslover):

What is "9" outside there?

OpenStudy (freckles):

maybe there was a game that A,B, and C were playing and there was a chance to win the element called 9 but no one won it but there was also another chance to win 9 and A won it ?

OpenStudy (freckles):

if that makes sense I guess I have the right translation of that now

OpenStudy (freckles):

wait a minute then that means there was 3 times to win 2

OpenStudy (freckles):

ok 2 times for 9 2 times for 5 1 time for 8 3 times for 2 2 times for 6 2 times for 4 1 time for 7

OpenStudy (freckles):

the number of times in all is 2+2+1+3+2+2+1

OpenStudy (freckles):

still can't get 25 on bottom

mathslover (mathslover):

n(A) = 18 n(B) = 15 n(C) = 15 P(A) + P(B) + P(C) = 48 \(A \cup B \cup C = A + B + C - (A \cap B) - (A \cap C) - (B \cap C) + (A \cap B \cap C) \) \(A \cap B \cap C = A \cup B \cup C - ( A + B + C - (A \cap B) - (A \cap C) - (B \cap C)) \) \(A \cap B \cap C = 35 - (48 - 5 - 6 - 4) = 35-33 = 2\) Hmm :/ My bad.

mathslover (mathslover):

Aren't we required to find power set here? Just use that, I guess.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

@freckles ok i got it nowww i see where i was messing up noww

OpenStudy (freckles):

tell me please :p

OpenStudy (anonymous):

@freckles hard to explain but got 1/25

OpenStudy (freckles):

err i don't get it lol I would say the P(of getting a 2) is the number of times 2 occurs/the sum of amount of times the other numbers occur which equal 3/(1+2+1+2+3+2+1+1)=3/(13)

OpenStudy (freckles):

i think i have to be misinterpreted in the information given

OpenStudy (freckles):

sum of the numbers=9+5+8+6+2+4+7+9 =14+14+6+16 =28+22 =50 P(2)=2/50=1/25

OpenStudy (freckles):

lol i guess that works

OpenStudy (anonymous):

@freckles yes thats how i got it

OpenStudy (anonymous):

@freckles and the answer was correct to

OpenStudy (freckles):

yea I totally was looking at the data a different way

OpenStudy (freckles):

http://www.stat.purdue.edu/~huang251/Slides2.pdf here is another example on this power point thingy

OpenStudy (freckles):

it was done in a similar way that we were suppose to done here

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