Question

Suppose you observe the number of passengers arriving at a metro station on a shuttle bus that holds up to 8 passengers. Describe the sample space.

Answer 1

Sample space can be describes as:

S = {0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8}

Explanation:

Usually used in probability questions, a sample space is defined as a set of collection of all possible outcomes. It is the list of all possible results.

Sample spaces are usually written using set notation, where each possible outcome is listed only once within curly bracket.

S = {outcome 1, outcome 2, ..........}

As it is given the a bus can hold up to 8 passengers. We need to find the sample space of to number of passengers actually riding the bus.

So the minimum numbers of passengers is 0

The maximum numbers of passengers is 8

So the numbers of passengers lies between 0 and 8.