Chapter 6: Q.7 (page 354)
7. Benford鈥檚 law Refer to Exercise 5. The first digit of a randomly chosen expense account claim follows Benford鈥檚 law. Consider the events A = first digit is 7 or greater and B = first digit is odd.
(a) What outcomes make up the event A? What is P(A)?
(b) What outcomes make up the event B? What is P(B)?
(c) What outcomes make up the event 鈥淎 or B鈥? What is P(A or B)? Why is this probability not equal to P(A) + P(B)?
Short Answer
a)The outcomes that make up the event A is
b)The probability of is
c)

