EDGE Math 8

Choose True if the statement is correct; otherwise, choose False.

1.	A sample space is a set of possible outcomes of an experiment.

True

False

Answer: True

2.	An event is an element of a sample space.

True

False

Answer: False; an event is a subset of a sample space.

3.	A sample point is an element of a sample space.

True

False

Answer: True

4.	In selecting a card from an ordinary deck of playing cards, the complement of the event of obtaining a "king" is the event of obtaining a "queen."

True

False

Answer: False; the complement of the event of obtaining a "king" is the set of all the elements in the sample space other than the "king."

5.	The complement of the event A is the set of all the elements in the sample space S that are not in A.

True

False

Answer: True

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