Four candidates are to be interviewed for a job. Two of them, numbered 1 and 2, are qualified, and the other two, numbered 3 and 4, are not. The candidates are interviewed at random, and the first qualified candidate interviewed will be hired. The outcomes are the sequences of candidates that are interviewed. So one outcome is 2, and another is 431.
a. List all the possible outcomes.
b. Let A be the event that only one candidate is interviewed. List the outcomes in A.
c. Let B be the event that three candidates are interviewed. List the outcomes in B.
d. Let C be the event that candidate 3 is interviewed. List the outcomes in C.
e. Let D be the event that candidate 2 is not interviewed. List the outcomes in D.
f. Let E be the event that candidate 4 is interviewed. Are A and E mutually exclusive? How about B and E, C and E, D and E?
(a) The outcomes are the sequences of candidates that end with either #1 or #2. These are {1, 2, 31, 32, 41, 42, 341, 342, 431, 432}.
(b) A = {1, 2}
(c) B = {341, 342, 431, 432}
(d) C = {31, 32, 341, 342, 431, 432}
(e) D = {1, 31, 41, 341, 431}
(f) A and E are mutually exclusive because they have no outcomes in commom.
B and E are not mutually exclusive because they both contain the outcomes 341, 342, 431, and 432.
C and E are not mutually exclusive because they both contain the outcomes 341, 342, 431, and 432.
D and E are not mutually exclusive because they both contain the outcomes 41, 341, and 431.
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