New Car Owners Were Asked to Evaluate Their Experiences in Buying

question 55

Multiple Choice

New car owners were asked to evaluate their experiences in buying a new car during the past 12 months. In the survey, the owners indicated they were most satisfied with their experiences at the following three dealers (in no particular order) : Subaru, Honda, and Buick. Assuming that each set of rankings is equally likely, what is the probability that owners ranked Subaru third?

• A) 1/3
• B) 1/6
• C) 1/2
• D) 5/6
• E) 6/6

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The surroundings or conditions in which a person, animal, or plant lives or operates, including air, water, and land.

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The chance that a particular outcome of an event will occur; depends on the total number of outcomes possible.