Determine the Size of the Sample Space for the Experiment $n ( S ) = 5$

question 31

Multiple Choice

Determine the size of the sample space for the experiment described.
-A group of 19 people are assigned numbers 1 through 19. State the number of elements in the sample space of the event choosing a person with a number 5 or less.

• A) \(n ( S ) = 5\)
• B) \(n ( S ) = 4\)
• C) \(n ( S ) = 1\)
• D) \(\mathrm { n } ( \mathrm { S } ) = 19\)

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