A College Library Has Five Copies of a Certain Text

question 11

Essay

A college library has five copies of a certain text on reserve. Two copies (1 and 2) are first printings, and the other three (3, 4, and 5) are second printings. A student examines these books in random order, stopping only when a second printing has been selected. One possible outcome is 4, and another is 125.
a. List the S.
b. Let A denote the event that exactly one book must be examined. What outcomes are in A?
c. Let B be the event that book 4 is the one selected. What outcomes are in B?
d. Let C be the event that book 2 is not examined. What outcomes are in C?

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