Question 1

Two friends sit down together to study in the library. One of the friends is a nursing major, and one of the friends is a business major. You choose one of the friends at random to receive a free coffee from the library cafe. (a) Describe the experiment in words. (b) How many trials does this experiment have? (c) What are all the possible outcomes of this experiment? Solution: (a) The experiment is choosing a friend at random. (b) The experiment is only repeated once, so there is one trial in this experiment. (c) The outcomes in this experiment are all of the possible results. Here, you can choose either friend: the nursing major or the business major