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A probability experiment is conducted in which the sample space of the experiment is S = (10,11, 12, 13, 14, 15,16,17,18,19,20,21). Let event E = (11,12, 13, 14, 15, 16,17,18,19). Assume each o equally likely. List the outcomes in E". Find P(EC)

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The complement of event E, denoted E^C, consists of outcomes not in E. For the given sample space S, E^C consists of {10, 20, 21}. The probability of E^C, P(E^C), is 1/4 or 0.25.

Step-by-step explanation:

The student's question pertains to a probability experiment where a sample space S and an event E are defined. The student is asked to determine the outcome of the complement of the event E (denoted as EC) and calculate the probability P(EC).

To answer the student's question:

The sample space S is {10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21}.

Event E is {11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19}, which contains the outcomes from 11 to 19.

The complement of an event EC consists of all the elements in S that are not in E.

The outcomes in EC are {10, 20, 21}.

To find P(EC), we can use the formula P(A) = number of outcomes in A / number of outcomes in S.

Thus, P(EC) = 3/12 = 1/4 or 0.25.

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