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SOLUTION: We first note that there are three paths out of five with one or more cloth<strong>in</strong>g stores.<br />

We assume there are two people per couple and that each takes a different <strong>in</strong>itial route. The<br />

random variable we are <strong>in</strong>terested <strong>in</strong> is:<br />

The random variable can take on values,<br />

take a cloth<strong>in</strong>g store route, only one does, or both do.<br />

, s<strong>in</strong>ce it is possible that neither of them<br />

We need to f<strong>in</strong>d the probability <strong>for</strong> each of the three events.<br />

<strong>in</strong>dividuals tak<strong>in</strong>g a route with a cloth<strong>in</strong>g store would occur when, from the three cloth<strong>in</strong>g<br />

store routes, none are selected, and both routes without cloth<strong>in</strong>g stores are selected. We then<br />

must compare this to the number of ways two routes can be chosen from five. That is,<br />

( )<br />

( )( )<br />

( )<br />

Similarly, <strong>for</strong> , we want to know how many ways one cloth<strong>in</strong>g-store route and one noncloth<strong>in</strong>g-store<br />

route can be selected. That is,<br />

( )<br />

( )( )<br />

( )<br />

For<br />

<strong>Statistics</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>Decision</strong>-<strong>Mak<strong>in</strong>g</strong> <strong>in</strong> Bus<strong>in</strong>ess © Milos Podmanik Page 141

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