Question

There are two types of cellular phones, handheld phones (H)that you carry and monile phones (M) that are mounted invehicles. Phone calls can be classified by the travelingspeed of the user as fast (F) or slow (W). The probabilitymodel for this experiment has the following information: P[F] =0.5, P[HF] = 0.2, P[MW] = 0.1. What is the sample space ofthe experiment? Calculate the followng probabilites:a) P[W]b) P[MF]c) P[H]

Answer 1

Explained below.

Explanation:

(1)

Sample space is a set of all possible outcomes of an experiment.

The sample space in this case is:

S = {HF, HW, MF, MW}

(a)

Compute the value of P (W) as follows:

P (F) + P (W) = 1

P (W) = 1 - P (F)

P (W) = 1 - 0.50

P (W) = 0.50

(b)

Compute the value of P (MF) as follows:

P (HF) + P (MF) = P (F)

P (MF) = P (F) - P (HF)

P (MF) = 0.50 - 0.20

P (MF) = 0.30

(c)

Compute the value of P (M) as follows:

P (M) = P (MF) + P (MW)

P (M) = 0.30 + 0.10

P (M) = 0.40

Compute the value of P (H) as follows:

P (H) + P (M) = 1

P (H) = 1 - P (M)

P (H) = 1 - 0.40

P (H) = 0.60