Choose the One Alternative That Best Completes the Statement or Answers

question 8

Multiple Choice

Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question.
-Suppose that the sample space is $S = \{ 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 \rangle$ and that outcomes are equally likely. Compute the probability of the event $E = \{ 2,10 \}$ .

• A) 2
• B) \(\frac { 1 } { 5 }\)
• C) \(\frac { 1 } { 10 }\)
• D) \(\frac { 2 } { 9 }\)

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