The Flotterons plan to purchase paint for the walls and paint for the trim in their living

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The Flotterons plan to purchase paint for the walls and paint for the trim in their living room. They will select one color for the walls and one color for the trim at random from the following colors.


Walls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Trim

Sable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . Alabaster

Java . . . . . . . . . .  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . White

Chocolate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Oyster


The Flotterons plan to purchase paint for the walls and

(a) Determine the number of sample points in the sample space.

(b) Construct a tree diagram and list the sample space. 

Determine the probability that they select

(c) Java.

(d) Java and Oyster.

(e) Paint other than Java.


Use the counting principle to determine the answer to part (a). Assume that each event is equally likely to occur.

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A Survey of Mathematics with Applications

ISBN: 978-0134112107

10th edition

Authors: Allen R. Angel, Christine D. Abbott, Dennis Runde

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