Four speed skaters, Marco, Naim, Oliver, and Pedro, compete in a relay race where they all agree that Naim will be the last skater. Then, they try to decide whether or not Oliver should be the first skater in the race.

Which subset, A, of the sample space shows the complement of the event in which Oliver is the first skater in the race?

A = {MOPN, PMON}
A = {OPMN, OMPN}
A = {MOPN, MPON, OPMN, POMN}
A = {MOPN, MPON, PMON, POMN}

Question

Four speed skaters, Marco, Naim, Oliver, and Pedro, compete in a relay race where they all agree that Naim will be the last skater. Then, they try to decide whether or not Oliver should be the first skater in the race.

Which subset, A, of the sample space shows the complement of the event in which Oliver is the first skater in the race?

A = {MOPN, PMON}
A = {OPMN, OMPN}
A = {MOPN, MPON, OPMN, POMN}
A = {MOPN, MPON, PMON, POMN}

tkhunny · Answer

Well, if it has an "O" in the first slot, that seems wrong.  Throw out B and C.

There are only 6 permutations.  Why not just list them and see?

craccola · Answer

Would it be the first option then?

tkhunny · Answer

You tell me.  Did you list them?

How many of the six would have Oliver in the first slot?

Given that number, how many options would be in the Complimentary set?