Chapter 1

MGB Introduction to the Theory of Statistics

1. Let B = black ball, G = gold ball and W = white ball.
(a) Sample space = {(B, W), (B, G), (G, W), (G, G)}
(b) Since the sample space if finite of 4 possible outcomes, the number of events = 24 = 16
events. The event space is

{ }
, { ( B ,W ) } , {( B , G ) } , { ( G, W ) } , { ( G , G ) } ,
{ ( B ,W ) , ( B ,G ) } , { ( B ,W ) , ( G , W ) } , { ( B ,W ) , ( G ,G ) } ,
A= { ( B ,G ) , ( G ,W ) } , { ( B , G ) , ( G , G ) } , { ( G, W ) , ( G ,G ) } ,
{( B , W ) , ( B , G ) , ( G , W ) } , { ( B ,W ) , ( B ,G ) , ( G ,G ) } , { ( B ,W ) , ( G , W ) , (G , G ) } ,
{ ( B ,G ) , ( G ,W ) , ( G ,G ) } ,
(c) Probability that both balls will be of the same color = P(both gold) = .
(d) Probability that one ball will be green = 0.

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